(This story was originally published in print on Mar. 12, 2020). Megan Catey flew home to Seattle for spring break, a trip she’s taken many times before. But this time, the junior kinesiology major's flight home was different. Alaska Airlines Flight 465 from Los Angeles to Seattle was bare. Empty...

See below for the list of stories on updates of the Coronavirus. This list will be updated with news as it occurs.  Full Articles: President Corey releases university response to COVID-19 Coronavirus concerns prompt chapel changes Azusa Pacific University halts in-person classes Biola takes...

President Barry Corey sent a campus-wide email this afternoon updating the community about the university’s response to COVID-19.  There are currently no confirmed cases of the coronavirus on campus, according to Corey. However, the university has created a COVID-19 University Response Team, headed...

Biola looks forward to a new sound this year at the annual Missions Conference with Chicago-based band, Vertical Worship, who will lead worship for the conference’s main sessions, happening March 18–20.  Though it will be the band’s first time playing for Biola, songs like “Spirit of the...

This article was updated on March 11 at 7:27 p.m. after the AfterDark chapel where the theme was to be announced was canceled.  The 2020 Missions Conference theme is “United.” This year’s theme emphasizes that all vocations and areas of studies have a part in God’s plan and encourages...

WHY DO YOU FEEL EQUIPPED TO LEAD SMU? Bobbi Thompson: “I think in so many ways I still feel unqualified and there’s so much I’m going to be asking for guidance and wisdom and need to learn as I go.  “I have been involved in [Student Missionary Union] since my freshman year. I started off...

After taking a week off for Missions Conference, the Student Government Association convened in the Alton and Lydia Lim Center for Science, Technology and Health to discuss the remaining weeks as the end of the academic year approaches. APPROVED PROPOSALS In time of reflection over Missions Conference...

Day two of Missions Conference commenced the morning of March 21 as students rubbed the sleep from their eyes, ready to take on another day. Groups of attendees formed a line that lead to Chase Gymnasium as discussions broke out in anticipation the full day of speakers and missionary events. RECIPROCAL...

Christian English teacher Phil Goertze teaches that our job is to write a chapter or two in our book. Go willingly and embrace it because we would not be there if God’s hand had not acted upon it. Instead of waiting for God to tell us what is right, we should be looking for doors and opportunities...

As the Missions Conference of 2019 started with students in a long line that snaked its way past the Bell Tower, attendees anticipated receiving a few conference credits, but left, speakers hope, with a diverse experience and a renewed sense of identity. THE NEW TRADITIONAL LAUNCH As students walked...

See below for the list of stories, session recaps and media for the 2019 Missions Conference! This list will be updated periodically throughout the day. Full Articles: Missions Conference speakers reassure ambassadors of their identity Missions Conference 2019 continues Photo Gallery Seminar...