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The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Biola’s rookie robotics team qualifies for World Championship

Robotics team at competition hosted by Cal Poly SLO.
A long year of trial and error and competition results in an opportunity to win it all for the fresh Biola team
Olivia Kam, News Editor • March 31, 2025

On Mar. 4, Biola’s robotics team announced that they were headed to the VEX U Robotics World Championship in an Instagram post. It also stated that the team was successful at the weekend’s competition earlier at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo on Mar. 1. The post announced...

Biola Robotics Club

Part of a robot built by Biola’s Robotics Club 2024
Working as a team to reach great goals
Jason Lee, Staff Writer • October 8, 2024

A new Robotics Club has begun on Biola’s campus, gathering students with an interest in robotics and coding to work as a team. Sophomore robotics major Jaran Mann, president of the Robotics Club, explains the club’s origins, goals and more. ORIGINS The Robotics Club has been about a year and...

Biola reduces required Bible units for select students starting fall 2023

Biola reduces required Bible units for transfer students as well as robotics and engineering majors.
Transfer students, engineering majors and robotics majors will be granted a reduction in necessary Bible credits.
Dalet Valles, Editor-in-Chief • January 21, 2023

Beginning in fall 2023, Biola will reduce the amount of required Bible units for students in two majors with rigorous course loads as well as for certain transfer students. In an email released to faculty and staff, Biola announced the changes coming for engineering and robotics majors, along with transfer...