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Advisors, both faculty and staff advisors, are available as a resource, but the student is ultimately responsible to ascertain and fulfill graduation requirements. Additional resources are available for students through The Advising Center (https://www.biola.edu/academic-advising/) website. Career Center The Career Center focuses on empowering students to be active agents in their career preparation and career outcomes. This involves students developing skills and mindset necessary for lifetime employability and discernment of career paths in a constantly changing world. The Career Center collaborates with various partners to help students explore career paths, develop vocational competencies, connect with employers and professional mentors, and secure meaningful work. Students are encouraged to pursue the following learning outcomes: • Develop one or more relationships with a career advisor outside of the classroom setting. Discuss life direction with a career advisor at least once per year. This can be a faculty member, career counselor, career advisor, academic advisor, industry expert, or someone else. • Take ownership of your career preparation, which usually involves: exploring interests and skills, reflecting on life's themes, researching suitable career options, creating roadmaps, identifying prerequisite work experiences and education, making lists of potential work organizations, pursuing field experience, customizing resumes and cover letters, conducting interviews, and submitting graduate school applications (if applicable). • Commit to gaining 1–3 years substantive field experience (e.g., internships, research) in an area of interest prior to graduation. Popular services in the Career Center include: • Handshake job and internship database • Career assessments • Career counseling • Job search coaching • Resume and cover letter reviews • Career expos and employer connection events • Events calendar • Interview preparation • Graduate school planning Information on the above can be found on the Career (https:// www.biola.edu/career-development/) Center's (https://www.biola.edu/ career-development/) website. Online and Graduate Student Success Online and Graduate Student Success serves students in a limited number of fully online programs through success coaching and advising. Success Coaches provide a variety of types of support for students that include: academic advising and planning to ensure clear path within the program of choice, assistance during the enrollment process, guidance during course selection and registration, monitoring progress until successful completion of the program requirements, assistance with basic financial aid inquiries, support with the academic experience (e.g., navigating online learning systems, learning strategies and tips), career development advice, and spiritual and life coaching and guidance. Success Coaches serve as on-the-ground ambassadors for these online students and facilitate a seamless experience with the various offices and services Biola University offers. For more information, visit the
Online and Graduate Student Success (https://www.biola.edu/online- graduate-student-success/) website. Auxiliary Services Residence Halls and Apartments Rooms accommodate two to three students and are equipped with individual study desks, single beds, closet space, chest of drawers, bookshelves, and a wastebasket. Each residence hall has laundry rooms equipped with card-operated washing machines and dryers. Residents receive a laundry card the first time they check into housing. All students living in undergraduate residence halls are required to participate in the food service program. Meal plans are optional for Apartment residents. Students are expected to supply their own linens (sheets, pillowcases, towels, blankets, and pillows), school supplies, decor including desk lamps, laundry supplies and personal toiletries. No cooking equipment is allowed in the residence hall rooms except in kitchen facilities (excluding apartments). Additional information may be found in the Housing Handbook (http://studentlife.biola.edu/housing/housing-handbook/). All University undergraduate residence halls and apartments will remain open over the Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, and Spring break. Housing for Graduates, Married Students, or Students with Families Biola provides furnished housing for single and married graduate students, or students with families in on-campus suite-style rooms and in off -campus houses owned by the University. The per person, per month rate is based on the number of occupants per bedroom. Unfurnished one- and two-bedroom units located in three complexes near campus provide housing for couples and families at a per apartment, per month rate. For information on availability, locations and rates contact Auxiliary Services at grad.housing@biola.edu or at (562) 944-0351, ext. 5814. Food Service Biola provides excellent food service for all students. A wide variety of entrees, sandwiches, soups, fresh fruits, bread, beverages, and desserts is offered. The food service staff will work out individual programs for students with special dietary requirements or weight reduction programs prescribed by a physician. A variety of meal plans are available. All students living in the residence halls are required to choose either a 10 without flex or 10-, 12-, 15- or 20-flex meal plan (the numbers indicated are meals per week), or a 175 block plan. A ’flex’ plan is 10, 12, 15, or 20 meals per week at Cafe Biola, our dining room, plus ’flex dollars’ to purchase additional meals at any of our retail operations including Cafe Biola, the Eagles' Nest, Common Grounds, the coffee cart, The Talon Grab N Go, Heritage Cafe, and Blackstone Cafe. To add or change a meal plan, go to My Account (https://myaccount.biola.edu/). To purchase student dollars go to eAccounts (http://www.biola.edu/eaccounts/). Student dollars can be used for printing/copying (in the library and other locations on campus) and for dining. Commuter students or students who reside in the Biola apartments have further meal plan (https://studenthub.biola.edu/eating-on-campus/ costs-2017-18/) options. Biola Print Shop The Biola Print Shop, located on the South Campus, is available to students, staff, faculty and the public. The print shop has high-speed
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