Biola University 2013–14 Catalog
Continuing Students Procedure for Reserving Campus Housing
Bookstore The Biola Bookstore is open Monday through Saturday for the convenience of the students, faculty, staff and public. All required textbooks, as well as general books and supplies, are available. The Bookstore has a large selection of Christian books and offers Bibles in a variety of styles and bindings at substantial discounts: Biola insignia clothing and school spirit merchandise, a large selection of greeting cards, school supplies, dorm-room furniture/accessories, gift items, theme park tickets and music are available for purchase. The bookstore welcomes special orders via its 1-800-MY-BIOLA phone line. A convenience store (located inside the bookstore) contains a generous selection of soft drinks, juices, yogurts, ice cream, snacks and candies. During school breaks and vacations the Bookstore has shortened hours. Please call (562) 903-4883 for information or visit our website: biolabookstore.com. Computer Store Located next to the Bookstore, the Biola Computer Store offers exceptional pricing on Apple products through a special agreement. Designed to meet the academic community’s needs for computers, software and accessories, students will find most of their computing needs conveniently met, at very competitive prices. Through agreements with Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia and others, most software can be purchased at a substantially discounted price compared to non-educational pricing. Visit our website: computerstore.biola.edu for the latest specials, products and pricing. The Computer Store keeps different hours than the bookstore, please call (562) 903-4884 or visit our website to check our hours. Health Services Services The Student Health Center provides acute, ambulatory health services for all current registered Biola students. The facility is located directly adjacent to the library. Consultation with a physician or a nurse is free; however, there are assigned fees for medications or specific treatments. There is no third party billing service available. Payment is required at the time of each visit by cash, check or credit card. Health Center fees are not payable through student account billing. Children’s services are not available at the Health Center. Consult the website: biola.edu/healthcenter for specific hours of operation and other information. Insurance Health insurance is required for all students who enroll in seven credits or more, or if living arrangements are in housing with a residence life program. Personal HMO Insurance plans must provide coverage in this local area. Biola facilitates enrollment in a UnitedHealthcare injury and illness policy for those who do not have an insurance plan providing coverage locally. Cost of this insurance is subject to change. Information regarding the UnitedHealthcare student insurance policy is available on the Health Center website: biola.edu/ healthcenter. Students are not required to purchase the UnitedHealthcare insurance plan in order to access the
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 students via Off-Campus Housing Services, Good Morning OCC!, Commuter Lockers, All-Commuter Events and the Collegium, our home-away-from-home for commuters. The Commuter Life Team, comprised of a Director, an Associate Director and 25-30 peer leaders, work together to help off-campus students connect with the Biola community as well as valuable campus and local community resources. We want off-campus students to thrive spiritually, emotionally, and academically and to feel at home in the Biola Community. Additional resources are available for students through the Commuter Life website: studentlife.biola.edu/ commuter. 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 either at Cafe Biola, the Eagles’ Nest, our on-campus snack bar and grill, or Common Grounds, our coffee house, the coffee cart, or The Talon Grab N Go. To add or change a meal plan, or add additional student dollars go to my.biola.edu. Student dollars can be used for printing/copying (in the library and other places 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: biola.edu/offices/auxiliaryservices/ dining/ 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.
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