Wishing our Beacons and Bushnell community a merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of Christ with our family and friends! 🌟

As our students got ready for finals and heading home for Christmas Break, we asked around for what was their favorite fall semester highlight. Wishing our Beacons a great Christmas Break!

Catch a glimpse of what our staff and faculty have been up to now that Bushnell is on Christmas Break! ⛳ We had a merry time challenging each other at mini-golf and laser-tag, with some Angel Tree gift wrapping in between at Putters Family Entertainment Center in Eugene!

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!