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Meet Your Peer Academic Advisors (PAAs)

Peer Academic Advisors (PAAs) are para-professionals trained to help with general advising, major/minor changes, course selection, etc. Unlike the full-time Advising Center staff, PAAs serve the entire student population, not just first-years.

 

Appointment Topics

  • General Advising Needs: Schedule planning, registration help, and adding or changing your major/minor.
  • Academic Success & Study Skills: Support with study skills, time management, GPA calculations, assignment mapping, and assignment accountability, etc.
  • Graduation Application & Planner Support: Support using the Planner tool, building a digital course-by-course academic plan to take to your faculty advisor, filling out the Graduation Application, etc.
  • FirstGen & SEID Support: Support navigating university systems, building connections and academic thriving.

 

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PAA Directory

Hannah Lee

Hannah Lee

Graduation Application & Planner Support

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About Hannah Lee

  • Class Year: Fourth Year
  • Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Hometown: Hacienda Heights, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: The City of Ember

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: planner.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Monday: 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
    • Tuesday: 1:30–3:30 p.m.
    • Thursday: 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.



Naomi Tanojo

Naomi Tanojo

Biology

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About Naomi Tanjo

  • Class Year: Fourth Year
  • Major: Biology
  • Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Robinson Crusoe

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: biology.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Lim 117 and Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours:
    • Monday: 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. (Lim)
    • Tuesday: 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (Sutherland)
    • Thursday: 3–5 p.m. (Sutherland)
    • Friday: 9–10:30 a.m. (Lim)



Devin Adachi

Devin Adachi

FirstGen & SEID Support

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About Devin Adachi

  • Class Year: Fourth Year
  • Major: Multidisciplinary, TESOL
  • Hometown: Anaheim, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: TThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: firstgen.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Tuesday: 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 10:30–11:30 a.m.
    • Thursday: 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.



Annie Tolkamp

Annie Tolkamp

Online Bachelor Support

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About Annie Tolkamp

  • Class Year: First Year Graduate Student
  • Major: M.A. in Theology
  • Hometown: La Mirada, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Chicken Run

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: ob.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Remote (Virtual)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Monday: 8–9 a.m.
    • Tuesday: 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 12–2 p.m.
    • Friday: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.



Madeline Cliffe

Madeline Cliffe

CSDS & KNES

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About Madeline Cliffe

  • Class Year: Third Year
  • Major: Kinesiology
  • Hometown: Auburn, WA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Watership Down

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: kinesiology.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Tuesday: 3:30–5 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
    • Thursday: 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
    • Friday: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.



Hailey Lim

Hailey Lim

Academic Success & Study Skills

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About Hailey Lim

  • Class Year: Third Year
  • Major: Sociology
  • Hometown: San Francisco, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: High School Musical

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: study.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Monday: 3–5 p.m.
    • Tuesday: 9–10:30 a.m.
    • Thursday: 9–11:30 a.m.
    • Friday: 8:30–11:30 a.m.



Haley Penner

Haley Penner

Psychology

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About Haley Penner

  • Class Year: Third Year
  • Major: Psychology
  • Hometown: Beaverton, OR
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: The Princess Diaries

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: psychology.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Monday: 3–5 p.m.
    • Tuesday: 9–10:30 a.m.
    • Thursday: 9–11:30 a.m.
    • Friday: 8:30–11:30 a.m.



Lainie Nozicka

Lainie Nozicka

Graduation Application & Planner Support

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About Lainie Nozicka

  • Class Year: Fourth Year
  • Major: History
  • Hometown: Monterey, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: How to Train Your Dragon

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: planner.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Tuesday: 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 10:30–11:30 a.m.
    • Thursday: 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.



Lauren Stanley

Lauren Stanley

Study Abroad

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About Lauren Stanley

  • Class Year: Third Year
  • Major: Accounting and Business Analytics
  • Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Harry Potter (book series)

Contact & Office Hours



Abby Johler

Abby Johler

Cinema and Media Arts

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About Abby Johler

  • Class Year: Second Year
  • Major: Cinematography
  • Hometown: St. Louis, MO
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Justice League

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: cma.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Monday: 8:30–11 a.m.
    • Tuesday: 2–5 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 9–9:30 a.m.; 10:30–11:30 a.m.
    • Thursday: 2–4 p.m.



Isaiah Harrison

Isaiah Harrison

Cinema and Media Arts

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About Isaiah Harrison

  • Class Year: Fourth Year
  • Major: Game Design and Interactive Media
  • Hometown: Kingsburg, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Nacho Libre

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: cma.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Monday: 12:45–2:45 p.m.
    • Tuesday: 3–5 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 2:30–4:30 p.m.
    • Thursday: 8:30–10 a.m.; 2–3:30 p.m.



Emily Perez

Emily Perez

Registration & Enrollment

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About Emily Perez

  • Class Year: Third Year
  • Major: Nursing
  • Hometown: Torrance, CA
  • Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Ratatouille

Contact & Office Hours

  • Email: registration.peer.advising@biola.edu
  • Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
  • Office Hours: 
    • Monday: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
    • Tuesday: 1–4:30 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.