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‘Under Refurbishment’ film project features Biola artists

‘Under Refurbishment’ film project features Biola artists
Throughout their fundraising and promotion campaign, cinema and media arts students promote freedom of creativity in student features.
Amanda Frese, Managing Editor November 6, 2021

As students gathered for a backyard concert dressed as Star Wars characters and cowgirls on Halloween, senior cinema and media arts majors Holly Chang and Griffin Douglass greeted students at the entrance, thanking them for being “a part of their story.”  For their senior thesis project, Chang...

The Great Exchange takes first place in Biola’s Startup Competition

The Great Exchange takes first place in Biola’s Startup Competition
The first fully online startup competition comes to an end, giving first place to an all-female trio.
Bethsabe Camacho, Deputy News Editor April 28, 2021

For the first time in the history of the Biola Startup Competition, teams were fully online and spread out. This was also the first time competitors were not joined by the late Bob Harp, the founder of the competition, since his death in 2020.  This year’s winning team was composed of junior business...

Biola students create non-profit business out of stickers

Biola students create non-profit business out of stickers
Generous Generation seeks to empower others to give, even if the amount is small.
Bethsabe Camacho, Deputy News Editor February 23, 2021

After a tsunami struck Indonesia in 2018, president of the Student Alumni Association Sarah Hartono successfully launched a sticker campaign to raise funds for victims. Since then, Hartono has launched a number of other sticker campaigns, which turned into a small business named Generous Generation....

Biola’s annual startup competition set to commence

Boba for Missions staff won Biola’s Startup Competition in 2019.
Teams compete through virtual format for grand prize.
Bethsabe Camacho, Deputy News Editor November 6, 2020

Biola’s Startup Competition housed by the Office of Innovation is set to begin after the Nov. 16 sign up deadline. This year’s prize of $30,000—divided among the top three winners—will be awarded on April 8, 2021. Eligible competitors go through four rounds and are coached by experts in business...

Boba for Missions wins Biola’s Startup Competition

Boba for Missions staff won Biola’s Startup Competition in 2019.
The social enterprise plans to expand beyond Biola while still supporting missions.
Sophia Silvester, Staff Writer April 10, 2020

From the time he began selling milk tea out of his dorm, senior business administration major Brendan Sun has watched his business grow in ways he never thought possible. When Sun heard the announcement that his enterprise Boba for Missions took first place in Biola’s Startup Competition, he said he...

‘Jesus saves’ and stickers serve

'Jesus saves' and stickers serve
A student creates a way to raise money for disaster relief, a new laptop and missions.
Rachel Gaugler, Freelance Writer February 28, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). Freshman business major Sarah Hartono did not expect to wake up on a seemingly regular Friday morning to devastating news. She still recalls her mother’s panic-stricken text detailing the disastrous tsunami that had torn through an...