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my.Biola.edu (https://login.biola.edu/mybiola/login). Students enrolled in less than 12 credits are not required to live on campus. Incoming students 20 years and older or with less than 12 credits may live in residence halls or apartments on a space-available basis. Students who turn age 20 during the academic year are not permitted to cancel their Housing Contract and move off-campus to non-Biola Housing, unless electing to move to their parents' home, in which case cancellation fees will apply. See the Contract Cancellation section of the Housing Handbook. Requests for exceptions are to be directed in writing to the Residence Exception Committee, care of the Housing Office in Student Development. All students living in undergraduate residence halls are required to participate in the food service program. All University undergraduate residence halls will be closed over the Christmas holiday. Housing Reservation Once University applicants have paid the $300 enrollment deposit, they will pay the $250 Housing Deposit at the same online location they paid their enrollment deposit. Housing applicants must pay the housing deposit in order to access the online housing application located on my.Biola.edu (https://login.biola.edu/mybiola/login). Applicants who have paid the Housing deposit but decide not to attend Biola or obtain exemption from the residence requirement may request a refund of this deposit by contacting the Housing Department in writing (undergrad.housing@biola.edu). The Housing Department must receive this notification by the deadlines listed below. Failure to notify the Housing Department by the designated dates will result in forfeiture of the deposit. Fall applicant deposit refund deadline: • Incoming students: July 1 • Continuing students: prior to selecting/being assigned a room Spring applicant deposit refund deadline: • Any new housing applicant: January 15 Once the contract year begins, incoming students will be considered continuing students. Continuing residents must have a $250 Housing Deposit balance. This deposit will be considered refundable if residents fulfill the Housing Contract for the full duration of the contract year. Refunded deposits will be credited to the student's University account balance within three months of the fulfillment of the contract. The $250 housing deposit will be kept by the University to hold a space in on-campus housing until such a time as the student withdraws, graduates, or fulfills the academic year housing contract. Residents who do not fulfill the academic year housing contract will forfeit their housing deposit. In the case of withdrawal, the student must submit a written request for refund of the housing deposit to the Housing Office by the deadlines listed above, otherwise the housing deposit will be forfeited. Continuing Students Procedure for Reserving Campus Housing Continuing on-campus students desiring to reserve on-campus housing for the Fall must sign up for the room of their choice according to the
reservation schedule in the Spring. Commuter students desiring to live on campus need to contact the Housing Manager. Commuter Students Students who live off campus are a valued and important part of the Biola community. The Department of Commuter Life serves Biola's Off-Campus Community members via special Orientation Events, Off-Campus Housing Services, Good Morning OCC!, the weekly OCC Update, Commuter Lockers, OCC Events and the Collegium, our home-away-from-home for off-campus students, located centrally in the upper Student Union. The Commuter Life Team—Director, Associate Director, Coordinator, and 25– 30 peer leaders—work together to facilitate connection within Biola's vibrant campus community, as well as connection to valuable campus and local community resources. We want off-campus students to be community-connected, resource-connected, and information-connected, thriving spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and academically throughout their time at Biola. Additional resources are available for students through the Commuter Life website: studentlife.biola.edu/commuter (http:// studentlife.biola.edu/commuters). 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, Soaring Eagle Food Truck, Heritage Cafe, and North Hall Cafe. To add or change a meal plan, go to my.Biola.edu (https://login.biola.edu/mybiola/login) and log into MyHousing. To purchase student dollars go to biola.edu/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 options. Please see the following website: http:// studenthub.biola.edu/eating-on-campus/dining-locations for more details. Biola Print Shop The Biola Print Shop, located on the South Campus, is available to students, staff, faculty and the public. The duplicating center has high- speed duplicating equipment and can do a variety of jobs, including thermal binding, tabs, covers, color copying, color posters and banners, etc. We will match any price. There is also an after-hours drop box located outside of the duplicating center. We will do projects for non-
Biola people as well. Biola Store
The Biola Store is open Monday through Saturday for the convenience of the students, faculty, staff and public. All required and recommended textbooks, as well as general books and supplies, are available. The store
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