Beacons! With Bushnell University on Christmas Break, it is a great time to fill out your free 2025-2026 FAFSA application to get prepared for next year! We have a special 2025-26 financial aid opportunity just for you! If you submit your FAFSA for the 2025-2026 academic year by January 31, 2025, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win one of these prizes: 🟡 $50 Amazon Gift Card 🟡 Choice of One Merch Item (up to $60) from The Beacon Beanery Not only will completing your FAFSA early help you secure financial aid for the upcoming school year, but early completion of the FAFSA ensures meeting all federal, state, and Bushnell grant or scholarship deadlines, and you could also walk away with one of these prizes as an added bonus! Prizes will be awarded through a random drawing in early February! How to enter: 🔷 Complete your FAFSA at studentaid.gov by January 31st and make sure Bushnell (school code 003208) is listed in the school section. 🔷 Watch for the email confirmation from Federal Student Aid that the FAFSA has been processed successfully. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 72 hours or receive a request for more information to process your submission, log back into studentaid.gov and check on the status of your FAFSA. If you have any questions or need assistance with the FAFSA, our financial aid team is eager to help. Send an email to finaid@bushnell.edu or give them a call at 541-684-7201. We’re here to help!

Meet Marlee Heiken! 💡 Marlee is a junior from Philomath, Oregon majoring in computer science. Around campus you can find Marlee working as an RA in Works Village, working at the IT help desk, and as a member of our Software Engineering Club. A fun fact about Marlee is that she has over 25 house plants in her apartment and loves to bake sourdough bread. Marlee's favorite thing about being a student at Bushnell are the small class sizes and that you can tell that all the staff and faculty really care about students as growing individuals. Marlee's advice to new and current students is to get involved in the community and step out of your comfort zone. "The community is very special here at Bushnell and by stepping out of your comfort zone and into a new place, you might meet some super cool people you might not have met otherwise."

Congratulations to all of our graduates and honored students from our College of Health Professions! Both our School of Nursing and Clinical Mental Health Counseling program had their Winter Commencement graduate celebration events last week! We are incredibly excited to see our Beacons go out and pursue their careers in healthcare within our local community.

It's time to celebrate, graduates! 🎓 We loved getting to congratulate you and honor all that you have accomplished during our Winter Commencement! You are Beacons for life! #WeAreBushnell

Celebrating the joy of Christmas at our annual School of Music and Performing Arts Christmas Concert! 🎶 ❄️🎄 Thank you to everyone who joined us and celebrated with our musical Beacons!

For our Beacons in the middle of Finals Week and preparing to graduate, our faculty and staff are bringing in some encouragement and humor! Have a great week, Beacons! 💙💛 You’ve got this! . . . . . . . . . #christianuniversity #eugeneoregon #finalsweek #encouragement #campuslife

Meet Aaron Gold! 💡 Aaron is a senior from Eugene, Oregon majoring in psychology. Around campus you can find Aaron planning events as the Vice-President of Activities on ASBU. Aaron is also a part of the esports team and involved in university choir. Aaron's hobbies include working on his car, making his own music, and working out. Aaron's favorite part about Bushnell is the active community and how it's hard not to be involved in events and friendly get togethers. For students at Bushnell, Aaron says, "my advice is to try so many new things. Get out of your comfort zone every now and again, and have those challenging conversations that create and sustain friendships. You're here for a reason, whether you know that reason yet or not."

Check out some Fall ACE Day highlights of our Beacons' pursing academic creativity and excellence in areas of their class studies and personal interests! #WeAreBushnell