GENERAL INFORMATION IIIE THE BIOLA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
lions to mankind and to enhance the spiritual well-being of those whom and with whom he serves. a. One who has developed and maintained high moral standards for his own benefit and 111 order that he might serve as a wholesome example and leader. b. One who expresses through his life a clear commitment to Christ, who is able openly and wisely to share both his knowledge of the Bible and his commitment to Christ with others; and who demonstrates Christian love toward others. c. One who is prepared to fulfill Christ's commission to make disciples of all nations. d. One who is sensitive ta the total needs of his fellowman and who is equipped to contribute to the meeting of those needs. e. One who holds to the conviction that the Christian is to be a good citizen of the State, one who respects authority, submits to the laws of the land and seeks constructive change through legal channels. •All third person pronouns are used generically. ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS Biol □ University holds institutional accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. In addition, the institution and certain of its programs are accredited by the American Association of Bible Colleges, The American Psychological Association, the Association of Theological Schools, the National Association of Schools of Music, the State of California Board of Registered Nursing, the National League for Nursing, the California Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing. Biol □ University is authorized to train students under the Veteran's Bill of Rights. In addition, the college is affiliated with a number of professional organizations, of which the following are representative: American Anthropological Association; American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers; American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation; American Camping Association; American Council on Education; American Guild of Organists; American Intercollegiate Athletic Women; American Library Associ ation; Associated Collegiate Press; Association of Christian Schools, Internation al; Association of College Unions International; American Association of Higher Education; Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities; Coliforn10 Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; California Council on the Education of Teachers; Choral Conductors' Guild (California); Christion Camping International; Chnstion College Coalition; Christian Scholar's Review; College Entrance Examination Board; Council on Post-secondary Accredi tation; Evangelical Teacher Training Association; Intercollegiate Press; Music Educators' Notional Conference; National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics; Western Association of Graduate Schools; Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing; and Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. THE COMMUNITY OF LA MIRADA The city of La Mirada is in Los Angeles County, twenty-two miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, and is surrounded by such cities □ s. Whittier, Norwalk, Buena Park, Lo Habra and Fullerton. La Mirada is asuburban residential community with a population of 40,000. Included within the vicinity are several m □ ior shopping areas in addition to many other business establishments. Lo Mirada is situated near many of the outstanding attractions of Southern California. Downtown las Angeles can be reached 111 a half-hour's drive from the campus. Disneyland is twelve miles to the southeast and famed Knoll's Berry Form is six miles away. Within an hour's drive ore such popular beach cities as long Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach. Recreational facilities are easily accessible. An eighteen-hole golf course lies a mile east of the campus and other parks in the area offer opportunity for activities and relaxation. An hour's drive will take one into the nearby mountains where winter sports are available. Cultural and research opportunities abound in the area. Several m □ ior universi ties and libraries are within easy driving distance of La Mirada including the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, the University of California, Irvine and several other state and private institutions.
The campus is bounded an the west by Biol □ 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 south west is the Santa Ana Freeway 1 Freeway 1-5). Students coming to the campus by automobile should follow these directions: coming from the northwest, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Rosecrans and travel east to Biol □ Avenue; coming from the southeast, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Valley View and travel north to Rosecrans, then turn right to Biol □ Avenue, 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 to Biol □ Avenue. (Note: See inside cover map.) The campus now consists of 95 acres with aver l /2 million square feet of building space in 30 m □ ior buildings. Just under half of the space is dedicated to 7 student residence complexes, housing nearly 1,400 students in a fine variety of living quarters. The rest of the buildings house classrooms, laboratories, audito riums, offices and student services. Highlights of the buildings include Soubirou Hall, a newly remodeled 9,500 square foot building containing specialized classrooms for nursing instruction, along with nursing department faculty offices; Lansing Audito rium, 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 agymnasium-swimming complex with ashort-course Olympic pool. On the eastern side of the campus lie the athletic fields. Included are a crushed brick quarter-mile track, an excellent baseball diamond, a soccer field, and archery range and tennis courts. Additional recreation facilities are located in the l05-acre la Mirada Regional Park, just across La Mirada Boulevard from the Biol □ campus. In addition, Biol □ has a long term lease on 20 acres □ dio1ning the main campus which formerly housed an intermediate school. This land includes 58,000 square feet of classrooms and office buildings, and over lOacres of athletic fields available for Biola's extensive intramural program and for informal recreation. THE LIBRARY The Biol □ University Library is under a unified administration and serves the undergraduate and graduate levels of Biol □ University. The periodical subscnptions include 1,120 titles currently being received. Other holdings include over 185,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals. Auxiliary collections contain pamphlet files and curriculum teaching units for the education and Christian education depart ments. The main public catalog and other files contain approximately 750,000 cards. Two copy machines are accessible to students. The library has microfiche, microfilm and microcard readers. Audio-visual matenals are available for student use from the Media Center. In addition, there are listening centers for language studies and other taped instruction at the Media Center. Students have access to the several million volumes 1n the libraries of a dozen colleges, universities and seminaries in the greater Las Angeles area. Students and faculty have access to bibliographic search service through the data bases of CLASS, DIALOG and RUN. The staff consists of four professional librarians, nine full-time assistants and a number of part-time student assistants. MEDIA CENTER The Media Center services the equipment and non-book instruction needs of the university. Equipment and instructional materials are located on the McNally portion of the campus. The collection of material includes 16mm and 8mm motion pictures and film clips, 35mm filmstrips, audio tape recordings, video tape recordings, disc records, overhead transparencies, slides and other types of educational material. Appropriate equipment is available for large group, small group or individual study of the instructional materials. Production of slides, filmstrips, thermal or diazo transparencies as well as many other services are available to the faculty upon request. BOOKSTORE The University Bookstore is open six days and two evenings aweek to supply all required textbooks as well as non-required books. Students will find a large selec tion of cards, stationery, gih items, records and tapes, school and art supplies, plus items for personal needs. Bibles in a variety of styles and bindings are available.
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