For three students at 黑料历史, they share their dorm life with more than just their roommates and friends, they share it with thousands of online viewers. Unfortunately, the popular web show, 鈥淒orm Series,鈥 went on an indefinite hiatus this past fall when a vital member of the show didn鈥檛 return to Biola. But thanks to fans of their web show, film students Caleb Wheeler and Hunter Davis were able to help bring their friend and co-producer, Joseph Garrett, back to school after the film student had to take a semester off.

For Wheeler and Davis, their main loss was Garrett鈥檚 friendship.

鈥溾橠orm Series鈥 completely set aside, we were just bummed not to have our friend come back,鈥 said Wheeler.

The support of their fans was on full display when Wheeler and Davis launched the 鈥淏ring Joseph Home鈥 campaign on IndieGoGo. Though they didn鈥檛 reach the original fundraising goal of $5,000, the money they did raise was a display of fans鈥 support, not only for 鈥淒orm Series,鈥 but also for Garrett himself. The 鈥淏ring Joseph Home鈥 campaign was conceived out of the question, 鈥淲hat would we need to get Joe back?鈥

After Wheeler and Davis found that their show had about 1,000 regular viewers, they estimated that if each fan gave five dollars, Garrett could return to Biola.

Although the 鈥淏ring Joseph Home鈥 campaign wasn鈥檛 as successful as the group had originally hoped, in the end Garrett was able to return. Garrett worked with the financial aid office to make it possible for him retain his academic scholarship for next fall.

Garrett says he now believes that God knew he needed time off. Not being able to return to Biola was disappointing for him, but it provided a chance to organize his thoughts, relax and discover what is really important to him.

He said it was good for him to get away from the material world and to realize that all he needs are the 鈥渆ssentials plus God.鈥

Garrett has been on an interesting journey this past year. Now that he finds himself back at Biola, he thanks God, his friends that supported him and kept in contact, and the incredible fans of 鈥淒orm Series.鈥

Now that Garrett has returned, fans of 鈥淒orm Series鈥 are excited to know that season two has arrived and the first few webisodes can be viewed at and 鈥淒orm Series鈥 can be followed on Tumblr and .

Written by Mark Nesbitt, Media Relations Intern. For more information, please contact Jenna Bartlo, Media Relations Coordinator, at jenna.l.bartlo@biola.edu or via phone at 562.777.4061.