To the southwest of the camp us, less than a mi le away, are several apartment compl exes owned and ope rated by Biola. These include a mixtu re of unde rgrad uate, grad uate and mar ried-student hous ing. THE LIBRARY The Library se rves Biola Unive rsity as the centra l library and information resource faci lity, supporting all undergraduate and graduate programs with extens ive resources, regard less of format or location, and a wide variety of services. Opened the fa ll of 200 1, ou r state of the art, 98,000 sq ua re foot, cri- leve l Library, located on the camp us quad , integrates crad ici onal print, modern on line e lectron ic, multimedia and aud io-visua l resources. In an environment chat respects che pri vacy of the individual scholar and facil itates dynamic, interact ive, collabora tive learn ing groups, our flexible Library will serve the Uni ve r sity fo r many decades. In add ition to a two-story, quiet current periodical reading room with mezzanine, the Library prov ides 23 group swdy rooms. T he technology-rich instruction room serves 48 swdents in a class sett ing at 24 compute r work sta t ions, which are available for indi vidual students when not used for group instruction. Our local area network in the Information Commons allows up to 24 si multaneous users. Further, the 1\lcdia Cente r provides 15 dedicated multimed ia viewing and li stening stations. The building pro1·ides space for ove r 800 in dividual stud y sta ti ons at ca rre ls, cables and casua l lounge reading sears equ ipped with data and power connections for lap top computer use. The upper-level study terrace and the mid dle-leve l Heritage Cou rt offer more than 100 outdoor stud y spaces with wireless network connectivity. The 12-seat coffee and food court provides an informal setting for srudy, fellowship and nutrition breaks. The signawre rooftop beacon symboli zes Biola's focus of bringing the Light, so chat the Light may shine through en li ghtened servant leaders to the glory of God.
The campus consis t s of 95 acres with nearly 900,000 square feet of building space in 32 major buildings. Ju st unde r half of the space is dedicated to nine stude nt resi dence comp lexes, housing near ly 2,000 students in a fine variety of li vin g qua rte rs . A new 426-bed res id e nce hall will be open on campus for fall 2003 . The rest of the build in gs house c lassrooms, laboratories, aud ito riums, offices and stude nt s se rvices. I li gh li g hc s of the bu ildings include Soubirou Ha ll , contain in g special ized c lassrooms for nurs ing in struction; Lansing Aud icorium, a 450- seat concert ha ll with a fine pipe o rgan and excellent acoustics; the Rose of Sharon Chape l, a small c hapel exc lu s i\'c lv reserved for s ilent prayer and med itati on; a gymnasi um-swimmin g com plex with a shore-course Ol ympic pool; and a studio/produc ti on center for the Radio/TV/Film program. In the cente r of ca mpus is the new libra ry designed to enhance the tech no logy of a 2 1st Century universicv - comb ining the best of books and computers in a 1·ariecy of beautiful and func tional researc h spaces . Ocher athletic facilities on campu s inc lude lighted tennis courts, softba ll diamonds , soccer field s, a baseba ll diamond and li ghted outdoor courts for basketball and sand volleyba ll. In addition to more than 15 acres of recreational fac ili ties on campus, there arc off-campus facilities in the 1 OS acre La l\lirada Regional Park, just across La l\ Iirada Boule vard from the Biola campus. Biola has purchased a former medical office bui lding at the corner of La l\lirada Boulevard and Imperial I lighwa y, less than half a mile from the northern edge of the main campus. The Biola Counseling Center is housed here as arc the adm in istrative offices of the BOLD program and ocher programs char serve the non-traditional students and the local community.
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