An earlier version of this article mentioned that the name of the vice president of Student Development is Mike Muha. His name is Mark Muha. The Chimes regrets this error. We are committed to correcting all errors of fact. Readers are urged to notify the staff of such errors as soon as possible.   The...

On Feb. 21, 2023 Biola announced the appointment of Dr. Ed Stetzer as Dean of the Talbot School of Theology. Stetzer will assume that role starting July 2, 2023. Then, the school recently announced that two online programs will be added to Talbot in fall 2023, the latest alterations in a string...

At the start of the spring 2023 semester, Kimberly Edwards was hired as the director of the Student Enrichment and Intercultural Development team — located in the Mosaic Cultural Center — to provide development for the diverse community at Biola.  SEID'S PURPOSE SEID serves the diverse communities...

After the fall of the Soviet Union, three men identified a need for more seminaries in Ukraine to minister to the nation as well as the rest of Eastern Europe. Working alongside Biola University, they began a program with Talbot Seminary: a Master of Arts degree in Biblical and Theological Studies/Diversified...

Ever since Biola has started to expand its programs, the Talbot School of Theology has added  four new 4+1 programs, which offer both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in five years. The school, which is accustomed to functioning online, has been successfully maintaining and expanding programs...

(This story was originally published in print on Mar. 12, 2020). A team of engineering students built a controlled humidity box to house one of the first Spanish translations of the Bible, which will be on display in Biola’s library on March 12th. This project was a part of a directed research class...

April 9, 2018 marked the first Duologue, Biola’s new initiative to produce “a series of constructive conversations on polarizing perspectives,” which promises to be “a spirited public exchange” that has, since its inception, involved either a pair or a panel of Biola professors and Talbot School...

Are walls immoral? Are people who support walls acting immorally? Two respected Biola faculty colleagues recently argued, in a previous article, that Christians should not support a wall at the southern border of the U.S. because to do so would be inherently immoral. In the spirit of rigorous and civil...

This story was originally published in print on Nov. 1, 2018. Talbot School of Theology has long touted its mission to prepare students to become deep theological thinkers with a strong biblical foundation. The Torrey Honors Institute has a similar commitment to pursue “Bonum, Verum, Pulchrum”—Latin...

There is an irony found in the title of an old Gameboy Advance Kirby game, “Nightmare in Dreamland,” that captures the hidden danger of a recent article written by the CEO of the College Board. David Coleman writes for Christianity Today that religious and faith-based institutions have a long...