EUGENE, Ore. – Two graduates of Bushnell University’s Class of 2026 were awarded the University’s most prestigious student awards during its Spring 2026 Commencement ceremony. The Dr. Kendall E. Burke Award, the University’s highest honor, was presented to Annika Poet, a Song Nai Rhee Honors Program scholar who graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor…
EUGENE, Ore. — Bushnell University is pleased to announce that Craig Dickison, executive director of Lane County Youth For Christ, will deliver the keynote address at the Spring Commencement ceremony. The event will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the Morse Center. The Board of Trustees will confer 144 degrees, which include…
Dr. Doyle Srader remembers the moment his understanding of his own life changed: not during a major achievement, but in an ordinary classroom conversation. A student looked at him and said, “You’re the happiest person I know.” “I said, ‘What are you talking about? I’m not happy,’” he recalls. “And then I stopped and thought,…
EUGENE, Ore. – Bushnell University hosted its Spring 2026 Academic Creativity and Excellence (ACE) Day, a campus-wide celebration of student research and senior capstone projects. Founded by Dr. Tim Bergquist, emeritus professor of quantitative business models, ACE Day provides a platform for students to share their academic work, which focuses on curiosity-driven research and real-world…
Written by Miranga Cyr, Eugene Register-Guard Even as sections of the former PeaceHealth University District hospital are demolished, one part of the campus is getting a second life. Bushnell University acquired two former PeaceHealth buildings along 11th Avenue in November. The monster, 125,000 square-foot purchase expanded Bushnell’s campus capacity by 151% and is the single…
Bushnell University has been an active member of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) for well over a decade. Through NetVUE, we have been awarded ten grants in total, four of which have been awarded in the past two years. This recent acceleration of our partnership with NetVUE will enhance our ability to…
Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Formation Joshua Little has always experienced learning as something meant to be shared. “Whatever I’m learning is something that I also want to communicate,” he says. Whether reading Scripture, working through a theology text, or reflecting on his own life, he finds himself asking the same question:…
Senior contemporary music industry major Nathan Griffiths completed his fall internship with the installation team at Brinoch, gaining hands-on experience in professional audio installation and system integration. Brinoch specializes in audio, video, and lighting system integration, designing, deploying, and delivering customized solutions that simplify complex technology so clients can focus on messaging. With a focus…
SAN FRANCISCO — Bushnell University senior Caleb Premo, a teacher education major and English minor, presented original literary research at the 2025 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference in San Francisco, a regional conference affiliated with the Modern Language Association. Premo’s paper, “Making Monsters out of Mercy: Grapes of Wrath and the ‘Monstering’ of…
Biochemistry professor Pamela Beilby did not set out to become a professor. As a child, she imagined herself as a cowboy, an astronaut, or a detective, roles defined by exploration and discovery rather than classrooms and lecture halls. Teaching entered her life later, almost incidentally, during graduate school, when she first began working closely with…
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