Biola University is a private, nondenominational, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California.
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16 Facts About Biola University
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Biola University was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles by Lyman Stewart, president of the Union Oil Company of California ; Thomas C Horton, a Presbyterian minister and Christian author; and Augustus B Prichard, a Presbyterian minister.
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Biola University's administration had been turbulent and suffered from leadership conflicts and religious controversy.
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In 1927, Biola University published a book by MacInnis entitled "Peter the Fisherman Philosopher".
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Biola University holds two annual student conferences, the Missions Conference during the spring semester and the Torrey Memorial Bible Conference during the fall semester.
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Since 2015, Biola University requires students to attend 5 conference sessions and 20 chapel services per semester, or face a financial penalty.
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Biola University offers forty-seven undergraduate majors, eighty concentrations, and more than one hundred fifty professional fields of study.
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Biola University was one of only two national universities in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities to be included in the first tier.
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In 2013 Biola was listed as one of nineteen "up-and-coming" national universities by U S News.
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In 2012, Biola University inducted three alumni into Inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Biola University has a club men's rugby team that began playing in the SCRFU in 2013.
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In Provisional Year Two, Biola University joined the PacWest Conference and competed primarily against NCAA opponents.
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In October 2014, Biola University launched the Center for Marriage and Relationships .
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In Fall of 2017, Biola University launched the Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today, funded by a $3 million donation.
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Biola University has been involved in the publication of the following magazines and academic journals:.
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