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Grow through what you go through

Students use Mental Health Awareness Week to destress and refresh.
Biola hosts different activities on campus for Mental Health Awareness Week.
Natalie Fassnacht, News Editor November 8, 2023

Mental Health Awareness Week was observed during the first week of October. Biola University held the event from Oct. 23 through Oct. 26. The Office of Student Wellness hosted events where students had the chance to explore different ways to better their mental health while in college. The theme for...

Sleep Week: Biolans create rhythms of rest

Sleep Week encourages students to rest and relax.
The Office of Student Wellness hosts Sleep Week.
Caleb Crawley, Sports Editor February 10, 2023

Biola’s Office of Student Wellness is hosting a campus-wide “Sleep Week” event on Feb. 13–16. This event aims to raise awareness of the importance of rest for students on campus. SCHEDULE The Office of Student Wellness will host several activities to engage students in the four-day commemoration....

Biola Counseling Center offers new student support groups

Biola Counseling Center offers new student support groups
Supporting BCC therapy groups allows for more students to join.
Julianne Foster February 1, 2022

The Biola Counseling Center promotes therapy and counseling groups to help students, adding three new support groups this semester. According to its site, the groups allow students to “explore life and address challenges together with others who share their same concerns in confidential, supportive...

SGA Rundown: Open hours and well-being

SGA Rundown: Open hours and well-being
Senators consider spring formal and discuss mental health tools.
Hannah Larson, Editor-in-Chief January 13, 2022

This week, the Student Government Association discussed extending open hours and considered events to engage students during the spring semester.  OPEN HOURS PROPOSAL Senators discussed a proposal to increase residence hall open hours on Thursday and Friday. Currently,  open hours run from 6 to 11...

Student Development addresses rising mental health concerns

Biolans reflect on their well-being during Mental Health Awareness Week.
High risk and emotional care cases have increased by 103% since 2011, pastoral care reports.
Brittany Ung, Web Editor October 3, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 3, 2019). Hannah Harkness fell in love with Biola as a sophomore in high school. Now a senior English major, she says she felt like God was leading her to come here. After the first day of orientation, she called her mom: “Mom, I can’t stay here,...

What is making “Generation Z” stressed?

What is making “Generation Z” stressed?
Worries about current events weigh on the minds of young people.
Preet Christian, Freelance Writer December 3, 2018

(This story was originally published in print on Nov. 29, 2018) (Editor’s note: The author is a Resident Advisor in Hope South.) A recent Biola report shows that students, like many other young people, are experiencing stress due to academics, but also that problems with relationships may affect...