Lloyd Peckham Archives

ICS concentration applied linguistics comes to an end

The applied linguistics and Bible translation concentration is being phased out due to the closure of the two graduate-level programs.

Jodie Stock • December 5, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Dec. 5, 2019). According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, there are still 3,969 languages without their translation of the Bible, and “1 in 5 people… do not have a full Bible in their first language.” However, as Biola has been restructuring various...

Students provide aid to victims of the floods in Indonesia

Biola students affected by the flood raise funds to help their friends and family in Indonesia.

Amanda Frese, Managing Editor • April 11, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Apr. 11, 2019). Where there were once roads lined with storefronts and bustling sidewalks, rivers have destroyed everything in sight on the streets of Sentani in the Papua province of Indonesia. Boats surrounded by stilt houses on Lake Sentani were...