there are off–campus facilities in the 105–acre La Mirada Regional Park, just across La Mirada Boulevard from the Biola campus. To meet the growth of the past ten years, Biola has purchased several nearby buildings outside of the main campus. The Biola Professional Building is located less than half a mile from the northern edge of the main campus. The Biola Counseling Center is housed there as are the administrative offices of the BOLD program and other programs that serve the non–traditional students and the local community. To the southwest of the campus, less than a mile away, are nine apartment complexes owned and operated by Biola. These include a mixture of undergraduate, graduate and married–student housing.
The Biola University Campus
The campus is bounded on the west by Biola Avenue and on the east by La Mirada Boulevard. It is located between the large east–west thoroughfares of Rosecrans Avenue and Imperial Highway. Approximately three miles to the southwest is the Santa Ana Freeway (Freeway I–5).
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Students coming to the campus by automobile should follow these directions to the main entrance on Biola Avenue:
• Coming from the northwest, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Rosecrans and travel east to Biola Ave. Then, turn north on Biola Ave. • Coming from the southeast, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Valley View and travel north to Rosecrans. Then turn right on Rosecrans to Biola Ave., then turn north on Biola Ave. • Coming from the east via San Bernardino Freeway (10) turn south on the Orange Freeway (57) to Imperial Highway and travel west on Imperial Highway (approximately nine miles) to Biola Ave. Turn south on Biola Ave. The campus consists of 95 acres with more than one million square feet of building space in 40 major buildings. Just under half of the space is dedicated to ten student residence complexes, housing 2,200 students in a fine variety of living quarters. Highlights of academic facilities include Soubirou Hall, containing specialized classrooms for nursing instruction; Lansing Auditorium, a 450–seat concert hall with a fine pipe organ and excellent acoustics; the Rose of Sharon Chapel, a small chapel exclusively reserved for silent prayer and meditation; and a newly expanded and remodeled studio/production center for Cinema and Media Arts, and Journalism. In the center of campus is the new library designed to enhance the technology of a 21st Century University–combining the best of books and computers in a variety of beautiful and functional research spaces. The newest classroom building houses the Crowell School of Business and includes twelve classrooms with both wireless and hard–wired computer networking. Six of the classrooms feature tiered seating designed to support graduate and upper division courses. The building also houses the faculty and administrative offices of the Crowell School of Business. Athletic and recreational facilities include a gymnasium–swimming complex with a shortcourse Olympic pool; six lighted tennis courts, softball and baseball diamonds; lighted outdoor courts for basketball and sand volleyball; an archery range; a well–equipped fitness center; and a natural turf soccer practice field. The most recent addition in 2004 was a synthetic turf soccer field with a three–lane, all–weather jogging track around it. The field is lit for night play. At the same time, Chase Gymnasium was expanded to accommodate 2,300 for basketball and 3,200 for general gatherings. In addition to more than 15 acres of recreational facilities on campus,
Biola Educational Centers
Biola offers courses for many programs at various extension sites including:
Chino Hills, California BOLD Organizational Leadership
Chiang Mai , Thailand M.A. Intercultural Studies, Doctor of Missiology
Inglewood, California BOLD Organizational Leadership
Kyiv, Ukraine M.A. Biblical & Theological Studies/Diversified
Lithuania M.A. Intercultural Studies, Doctor of Missiology
Orange County (Laguna Hills), California BOLD Organizational Leadership or Psychology, M.A. Organizational Leadership
Redlands, California BOLD Organizational Leadership
San Diego (Vista), California BOLD Organizational Leadership or Psychology
Thousand Oaks, California BOLD Organizational Leadership, M.A. Organizational Leadership
For further information regarding Biola’s educational centers, contact the Office of Admissions.
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