List of Stories

Do you have a Biola story you want to share? Your experience is unique and only you could share it.  So we want to hear from you! Tell us a story that captures your Biola experience - it could be inspirational, miraculous, humorous or life changing - you decide, then tell it!

Click here to “tell your story.” or email your story to 100years@biola.edu.

  • Class of 2005

    Nathan Oliver

    My Biola experience began in the fall of 2001 and ended with my graduation in the spring of 2005.  Even though I was a second generation Biolan I still had no idea what to expect of the school and ... > Read Story

  • Class of 1973

    Jenni Scwepker

    Of all my Biola memories, the year of 1972 is probably my favorite. My second year in the Biola Chorale I served as Secretary. I remember lots of work, lots of laughter and lots of music…always ... > Read Story

  • Chair Journalism Department

    Michael Loginow

    I’m not from here. I’m a kid from Chicago. So when I got a call urging me to toward a program leadership position in Journalism at Biola, I hesitated. I’d been helping grow a Journalism ... > Read Story

  • Class of 2003

    Pamela Honsowetz McLemore

    I was encouraged, challenged and changed from my experiences at Biola University. The most memorable part of Biola was being a part of the Residence Staff. I was an RA for two years and then a summer ... > Read Story

  • Undergraduate Admissions Counsellor

    Jason Mundy

    For the 1st time last May, it was a "visit" a long time coming.  My grandfather, "Suds" Suderman, had attended Sunday School as a little boy at the Church of the Open Door & ... > Read Story

  • Art Administrative Secretary

    Becky Eisemann

    My Biola story begins before I was born, way back in 1944.  That was the year my mom was Miss Los Angeles, and caught my dad's eye when she walked out on stage in the Miss California pageant.  ... > Read Story

  • Class of 1983

    Daniel Curran

    ...I took my beach chair, bible, and journal to nearby Los Coyotes on my last "Biola Day of Prayer" during the Spring 1983.  As I was reading and reflecting on the beginning passages of ... > Read Story

  • Class of 1984

    Julie Mammano

    I was an art major.  The art dept. was located on the McNally campus, as it still is today.  I grew up in La Mirada, so I was a student in the local schools.  I actually attended McNally ... > Read Story

  • Class of 1992

    Steve Porter

    When I was at Biola, I never thought I would end up teaching here.  Sometimes I am asked whether it is strange to teach at the place where I did my undergrad (and some graduate work).  My typical ... > Read Story

  • Class of 1971

    Flo Ebeling

    I was born at Biola in China (my father taught at Biola's Hunan Bible Institute, in Changsha), so I bleed red and white.  When we came back from China, my father taught at Biola starting in 1954, ... > Read Story


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