urns, offices and students services. Highli ghts of the build ings include Soubirou Hall , conta ining spec iali zed classrooms for nursing instruction; Lansing Auditorium, a 450-seat con cert hall with a fine pipe organ and excellent aco ustics; the Rose of Sharon Chapel, a sma ll chapel exc lusi ve ly reserved for si lent prayer and meditation; a gymnasium-swimming complex with a short-course Ol ympic pool ; and a new pro duction center for the Radio{TV/Film program. The most recent addition to the campus in a 98,000 squa re foot Library Resource Center in the center of campus. The new facility is designed to enh ance the technol ogy of a 21st Century library - combini ng the best of books and computers in a va ri ety of beautiful and functional research spaces . Other athleti c facilities on campus include li ghted tennis courts, softball diamonds, soccer fields. a baseball di amond and li ghted outdoor courts fo r basketball and sand vo lleyball. In addition to more than I 5 acres of recreati ona l facili ties on campus. there are off-campus facilities in the I OS acre La Mirada Regional Park, just across La Mirada Bou le va rd from the Biola campus. Biola has purchased a former medica l office building at the corne r of La Mirada Boulevard and Impe ria l Hi ghway, less than half a mile from the northern edge of the main campus. T he Biola Cou nseling Center is housed here as are the admin istrati ve offices of the BOLD program and other programs that serve the non-traditional students and the loca l community. THE LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER (LRC) The Library Resource Center serves Biola University as the central libra ry and information resource facil ity, supporting all undergraduate and graduate programs with extensive resources, regardless of format or location, and a wide va riety of services. Opening the fall of 2001 , our state of the art, 98,000 sq uare foot_ tri-level Library Resource Center, located on the campus quad, integrates tradition~! print_ modern onl ine electronic. multime di a and audio-visual resources. In an env ironment that respects the privacy of the individual scholar and facilitates dynamic, interactive. collaborative learn ing groups, our fle xible Library Resource Center will serve the Uni versity for many decades. In add ition to a two-story, quiet current periodica l reading room with mezzanine. the LRC provides 23 group study rooms. T he technology-rich instruction room serves 48 students in a class setting at 24 computer wo rk stations, wh ich are ava ilab le for
hour' s drive from the campus. Disneyland is 12 miles to the southeast and famed Knott's Berry Farm is six miles away. Within an hour's drive are such popular beach cities as Long Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach. Recreational facilities are easily accessible. An 18-hole go lf course li es a mile east of the campus and other parks in the a rea offer opportunity for act ivit ies and relaxation. An hour ' s drive will take one into the nearby mountains where winter sports are avai lab le. Cu ltural and research opportunit ies abound in the area. Several major universities and librari es are within easy driv ing distance of La Mirada including the University of Ca li fornia , Los Angeles; the Uni ve rsity of South ern Ca li fornia; the University of Ca liforni a, Irvine; and severa l other state and pri vate institutions. THE BIOLA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS The campus is bounded on the west by Biola Avenue and on the east b y La Mirada Boulevard . It is located between the large east-west thorou ghfares of Rosec rans Avenue and Imperi a l Hi ghway. Approximately three miles to the southwest is the Santa Ana Freeway (Freewa y 1-5 ). Students coming to th e campus by automobile should fol low these directions to th e main entrance on Biola Avenue: ■ Coming from th e northwest, leave the Santa Ana F reeway at Rosec rans and travel east to Bi ola Ave., then turn north on Biola Ave. ■ Comi ng from th e southeas t , leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Vall ey View and travel north to Ros e crans, then turn right on Rosecrans to Biola Ave. , then turn north on Biola Ave. ■ Coming from the east via San Be rnardino Freeway (IO) turn south on the Orange F reeway (.'i7) to Imperial High way and travel west on Imperial Highway (approximately nine miles) to Biola Ave., turn south on Biola Ave. The campus consists of 95 acres with nearl y 800,000 square feet of building space in 3 1 major buildings. Just under half of the space is dedicated to nine student resi dence comp lexes, housing nearl y l ,.'iOO students in a fine var iety of li ving quarters. These inc lude traditional resi dence hall s. full y independent apa rtments, and spec ial hous ing for both married students and graduate students. The rest of the bui ldings house c lassrooms, laboratories, auditori-
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