Get Connected
As a member of the Biola community, you have the opportunity to connect to other Biola parents. Learn below how you can meet your parent council and attend prayer connects.
Meet Your Parent Council
The 91ÆÞÓÑ Parent Council fosters communication between Biola and parents to make sure you and your student have the best Biola experience. The Parent Council meets three times each year to act as liaisons to the Administration, provide hospitality at university events and work with specific fund-raising campaigns. Yet their primary role is that of parents, feel free to contact them with any questions or concerns that you may have.
Liz Chen — Bay Area, CA
Hello, my name is Liz Chen and I'm from the San Francisco bay area. My husband, Jolly and I dropped off our oldest, Solomon, on the Men of Honor (MOH) floor in Horton back in 2015. He enjoyed his time at Biola, made lifelong friends and grew spiritually. When we said goodbye to him, we knew that Biola would come alongside him and be there for him. After graduating in 2018 with a degree in Political Science, Solomon is currently in the Washington DC area working in Congress as part of the House committee on education and labor. Now in 2022, we will be sending our youngest, Elijah to Hope Hall. He is ready for his next season of life and we couldn’t be happier that he chose Biola. We are now empty-nesters and look forward to seeing how God will grow us in our next season. I’m excited to be a part of the Biola Parent Council and look forward to partnering with the other council members and Biola staff to bring God glory through his work here at Biola and beyond.
David and Carrie Cronk — La Habra, CA
We are David and Carrie Cronk, living in La Habra, a close 15 minute drive from Biola. We met overseas in China as missionaries and were so blessed to raise our three amazing kids there (for their pre-high school years). When the Lord brought our family back to the U.S., we were thrilled to find we lived close to BU, hoping our kids would have the opportunity to attend this amazing, Christ-centered school. The Lord certainly had this special gift for us, and we are so thankful.
Our oldest, Philip, is now a senior at BU majoring in business. Highlights for him have been many excellent classes, being the Mock Rock emcee, his involvement in intramurals, as well as a summer internship (in Colorado Springs) in the Adventures in Odyssey marketing department of Focus on the Family. He has truly thrived in Biola's Christian environment, making lifelong friends, enjoying godly, caring professors, and growing in his own faith in Jesus. Our number two, Hannah, is a sophomore, majoring in the allied health/pre-occupational therapy route. Her highlights have been making meaningful and deep friendships as well, and the opportunities to be involved in missions, specifically the outreach to Latter Day Saints. She grew a lot through a recent mission trip to Utah with the Evangelical Mormon Interactions Club. Our youngest daughter, Estie, is a senior in high school, and after hearing about all the wonderful experiences her siblings have had, seeing how they have grown spiritually, hearing about their classes, and meeting their new friends, she is planning to also apply to Biola.
We are honored and blessed to be a part of the BU Parent Council and look forward to connecting with other students/parents/staff as part of the BU family to pray/support/help one another.
So thankful for the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S., specifically at Biola. God bless America and the BU community! You can connect with us via email at davidcarrie5@gmail.com.
In Jesus, David and Carrie
Heydi Grajeda— Adelanto, CA
My name is Heydi Grajeda and I feel very blessed that my daughter is a Biolan. My husband and I always dreamed that Grace and her siblings would be able to go to university. When it was time for Grace to choose where she was going to go to university we prayed to our Heavenly Father that he would lead her to a place where she can grow and mature in her faith. On April 3, 2019, Grace received her acceptance letter from Biola in the mail. That day we received the best news of our life. Grace immediately committed to Biola after receiving her acceptance letter and my husband and I were overjoyed. We had the privilege of visiting Biola’s campus in the summer of 2019 and from the minute I stepped foot onto campus I could feel the Holy Spirit’s presence. That day God confirmed to me that Biola was the place He wanted Grace to be and that the Lord had answered our prayers. Grace is now a junior at Biola and is majoring in Journalism and Integrated Media with a minor in both art and biblical studies. We have seen God’s goodness through her professors and classmates. Grace has been a part of New Student Orientation since the end of her freshman year. It was such a wonderful experience to see how much love r