Posts by Rick Bee

Rick Bee

Student Life Blog
7 Finance Tips to Know Before you Graduate
Rick Bee — April 17, 2018
Rick Bee is the senior director of advancement at Biola University and a professor at Biola Talbot School of Theology where he teaches a course on...
Biola Magazine
From the Alumni Office: Winter 2018
Are You Ready For Change?
Rick Bee — January 01, 2018
Nothing is quite like change! For any of you who have experienced change and transition, you know exactly what I mean. I have a good friend and...
Biola Magazine
Spend Your Summer with Biola
Rick Bee — June 29, 2017
Can you hear it? The gentle roar of the surf on the shore? The smell of saltwater and sunblock filling your nose? Or, maybe for you, summer means...
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From the Alumni Office: Spring 2017
After a Historic Campaign, What’s Next?
Rick Bee — March 21, 2017
The completion of the campaign for Biola University is one of the most significant accomplishments that I have experienced in my nearly four...
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From the Alumni Office: Fall 2016
After Crisscrossing the Country, Here’s What I’m Grateful For
Rick Bee — November 01, 2016
In recent months the alumni team has multiplied our “typical” crazy travel schedules with Campaign National Tour events and summer Backyard Biola...
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From the Alumni Office: Summer 2016
Big Thanks for a Big Check
Rick Bee — June 02, 2016
Every year, I watch with joy as the Alumni Board presents a “big check” to the student body at our annual Alumni Awards and Golden Eagles chapel....
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From the Alumni Office: Winter 2016
How to help our students while honoring a professor
Rick Bee — January 01, 2016
As we close in on the $180 million goal of “A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for Biola University,” we are taking the “show...
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The Shovels in my Office and the Excitement in my Heart
Rick Bee — June 14, 2015
Are you as excited as I am? I look through the amazing stories in this issue of Biola Magazine and I am overwhelmed by God’s provision and...
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From the Alumni Office: Spring 2015
What is God’s Definition of Success?
Rick Bee — March 26, 2015
In this issue of Biola Magazine, the alumni board is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Alumni of the Year Awards. These great...
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Alumni Files: Fall 2014
Inbox: A Weekend to Remember
Rick Bee — December 08, 2014
If you missed Biola Weekend on Oct. 24 and 25, you missed the best one yet. The schedule was full of fun, reminiscing and celebrating what God is...
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Alumni Files: Summer 2014
Inbox: Concerns About Costs
Rick Bee — September 03, 2014
I hit a nerve with many of you in the last issue of Biola Magazine when I mentioned the topic of debt and the cost of tuition. Thank you for the...
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Alumni Files: Spring 2014
What We’re Doing About Debt
Rick Bee — May 30, 2014
As a faculty member who teaches a “Faith and Money” course, I have the opportunity to work with and counsel numerous juniors and seniors each year....
Biola Magazine
Alumni Files: Winter 2014
Networkers, Mentors and Hirers: Join Us!
Rick Bee — March 20, 2014
In January, the alumni office updated Biola’s senior leadership about our progress in implementing a leading program of career networking,...
Biola Magazine
Alumni Files: Fall 2013
Help Wanted: Alumni Mentors and Advice-Givers
Rick Bee — November 05, 2013
For those of us who have not only graduated from Biola but have also sent our children through the school, we know how great an influence our...
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Alumni Files: Summer 2013
State of the Alumni Union
Rick Bee — June 28, 2013
As many of you who completed last year’s alumni survey may recall, the alumni office has gone through an extensive review of programs and services....
Biola Magazine
Alumni Files: Spring 2013
A Visit to India
Rick Bee — May 30, 2013
I reached a bit of a milestone over Biola’s winter break when I completed my sixth medical mission trip to India within the past 10 years. The “...
Biola Magazine
Alumni Files: Winter 2013
A New Team Member & New Things in Store
Rick Bee — January 01, 2013
Last summer, Biola completed an extensive professional study of our alumni and parent programs that provided some key information and direction for...
Biola Magazine
Alumni Files: Fall 2012
What I Love About Send-Offs
Rick Bee — November 01, 2012
For the alumni and parent relations departments, the summer months were filled with alumni chapter meetings, Student Send-Offs and numerous other...
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Alumni Files: Summer 2012
Remembering Rich Buhler ('68)
Rick Bee — June 19, 2012
A great friend of Biola and of mine passed away on May 7, 2012. Rich Buhler (known as “Cotton” to those who attended Biola with him in the ’60s), a...
Biola Magazine
Alumni Files: Spring 2012
No Slip ’n Slide for Biola!
Rick Bee — April 23, 2012
As alumni director, I receive a number of letters and notes from graduates who have questions about Biola facilities, students, faculty and staff....
Biola Magazine
Alumni Files: Winter 2012
Join the Network!
Rick Bee — January 21, 2012
For all of the benefits of a Biola education — the great Bible training, the lifelong relationships and the Biola community that we all enjoyed as...
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Alumni Files: Fall 2011
Survey Says ...
Rick Bee — September 19, 2011
Several alumni surveys have been completed in recent months that have helped us gain significant insights on both our alumni services and your...
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Alumni Files: Summer 2011
Making Connections, Then and Now
Rick Bee — July 01, 2011
I remember it well. That first issue of Biola’s magazine we called Connections. The alumni program was new turf for me and we had just completed...
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Alumni Files: Spring 2011
Is it Biblical to Ask for Financial Support?
Rick Bee, Biola Magazine Staff — April 08, 2011
I recently received a letter from a Biola alumnus reflecting on his Biola experience, prompted by a letter that he had received from us that...
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Alumni Files: Winter 2011
How Can We Make Biola More Affordable?
Rick Bee — January 20, 2011
The Biola University Alumni Board — a team of great volunteers who represent you — met recently to offer their wisdom and counsel on an important...