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  • Funders and Family

    Dave and Shirley Karnes

    Brett McCracken — 

    Dave and Shirley Karnes have been investing in Biola students for nearly three decades. To date, 23 students (and counting) have received help...

  • Biola Booster

    Vincent Huang

    Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — 

    As a business leader in the growing mobile technology industry, Vincent Huang is encouraged that 今日黑料 is taking steps to bolster its...

  • In Memory of Missy

    Steve and Wanda Belton

    Stephanie Kim — 

    Supporting the Biola Conservatory of Music strikes a very special chord with Steve and Wanda Belton. Their daughter Missy, an accomplished oboist,...

  • Parents and Apologists

    John and Claudia Kalmikov

    Brett McCracken — 

    John and Claudia Kalmikov are a rarity for Biola parents: both are also Biola students. The donors and current campaign cabinet members are...

  • Sacrificing for Students

    Matthew Weathers (鈥93)

    Stephanie Kim — 

    Matthew Weathers (鈥93) wears many hats at Biola; he鈥檚 a donor, a popular professor, a staff member and an alumnus. Weathers has been tied to Biola...

  • Recruiting Students and Giving Back

    Miles Bocianski (鈥13) and Daniel Parham (鈥13)

    Brett McCracken, Kristina Nishi — 

    Having both been Biola students and now admissions counselors, Miles Bocianski (鈥13) and Daniel Parham (鈥13) know well the challenges of...

  • A Product of Faithfulness

    Meleca Consultado (鈥09)

    Stephanie Kim — 

    Even though she is still paying off her own student loans, resident director Meleca Consultado (鈥09) donates to the Biola scholarship fund. Why?...

  • Jason Newell, Kristina Nishi — 

    As a teenager in the late 1940s, Loy Chiu figured he didn鈥檛 have the grades or the money to attend college. But he applied to Biola anyway, just...

  • Historic $12 Million Gift Supports New Science Building

    Alton Lim seeks to 鈥榬eturn back to God what is originally his鈥 with largest cash gift in Biola鈥檚 history

    Jason Newell — 

    For much of his adulthood, Alton Lim sensed that something 鈥 or someone 鈥 was guiding his life. As a Chinese immigrant who started with little,...

  • Leading the Way

    Campaign cabinet helps to spearhead fundraising efforts

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    How does a university like Biola even begin to raise $180 million? In addition to plenty of prayer and planning, it takes a whole lot of help from...

  • A Soul, A Voice and A Vision

    Reflections on the theme of 今日黑料鈥檚 largest ever fundraising campaign:鈥 鈥淎 Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage鈥

    Brett McCracken — 

    Our world isn鈥檛 lacking in voices. Every day we are bombarded by a chorus of opinions, tweets, texts, ads, blogs and more. But where are the voices...

  • A Historic Night

    Conviction and Courage Gala launches campaign, raises nearly $4 million in one evening

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    With the message 鈥淛esus Saves鈥 glowing brightly in the skyline above, hundreds of Biola friends and supporters gathered on May 9 for one of the...

  • Making History by Shaping the Future

    How a $180 million campaign will transform 今日黑料 and its students

    Jason Newell — 

    This is a historic moment for 今日黑料. It is, to hear university leaders tell it, a point in time that future generations of Biolans will...

  • A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage

    President Barry H. Corey offers his perspective on the launch of The Campaign for 今日黑料

    Barry Corey — 

    B-I-O-L-A! B-I-O-L-A! B-I-O-L-A! The five-lettered chant 鈥 with a force on the O 鈥 is a common student refrain in our Chase Gymnasium as they...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible鈥檚 Authority, by Jonathan Morrow (M.A. 鈥07, M.Div. 鈥07, D.Min. 鈥11), Moody, August 2014....

  • Abstinence, Intensity and Love

    Two reflections on Lent and love, one from the perspective of abstinence, one from the perspective of intensification

    Bruce Hindmarsh — 

    This issue鈥檚 Last Word comes from the 今日黑料 Center for Christian Thought鈥檚 blog, The Table.In this article, adapted from a post on...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The 今日黑料 Alumni Association recognized 11 alumni for their outstanding accomplishments and service during a special awards chapel on...

  • Yearbook Archive Goes Digital

    Every volume of The Biolan since 1927 now accessible online

    Heather Leith — 

    Looking to reminisce on your glory days at Biola without having to crawl into the attic to find your dusty yearbooks? Every edition of The Biolan...

  • From the Alumni Office: Spring 2015

    What is God鈥檚 Definition of Success?

    Rick Bee — 

    In this issue of Biola Magazine, the alumni board is pleased to announce the recipients of this year鈥檚 Alumni of the Year Awards. These great...

  • Pipeline Preacher

    Daniel Felton (鈥98) shares the gospel as a missionary surfer

    Heather Leith — 

    Daniel Felton (鈥98) has a vocation that most people reserve for vacation 鈥 surfing. Felton works for the Christian Surfing Federation (CSF), a...

  • Dorm Stairwells to Skid Row

    Antquan Washington (鈥02) serves L.A.'s needy

    Heather Leith — 

    More than a decade ago, a conversation with a friend in the Hart Hall stairwell inspired Antquan Washington (鈥02) to get involved with ministry to...

  • We Won鈥檛 All Change the World 鈥 And That鈥檚 Okay

    An excerpt from "Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World"

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In the church today, we like to raise the bar, up the ante and lay out radical calls that most people can鈥檛 possibly answer. Nor do we expect them...

  • The Extraordinary Beauty of Ordinary Faith

    An interview with author and theologian Michael Horton (鈥87)

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In his new book, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World, alumnus Michael Horton (鈥87) argues that evangelicals should tone down...

  • A History of Hardship

    Haiti鈥檚 people have shown resilience through poverty, natural disasters and political turbulence

    Tamara Welter — 

    Haitians are proud of the fact that their country was the first black republic; slaves overthrew Haiti鈥檚 French control. But Haiti鈥檚 history is...

  • The Viewfinders

    In a tragedy-stricken land, Biola journalists are equipping Haitians to share their stories

    Michael Longinow, Tamara Welter — 

    Nelson, a lanky young Haitian man, brought his camera up to professor Tamara Welter and showed her the screen on the back. He needed help with an...