Student Life

Beacons Launch Service Efforts for 2024-2025

Bushnell Students engaging with local children during Serve Day FALL SERVICE PHOTO GALLERY With the arrival of the fall semester at Bushnell University, and a new athletic and academic year, the Beacon Athletic department has set the tone for a strong Tri-Athlete focus in 2024-2025 with multiple endeavors related to community service and character to…

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Beacons Earn NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Gold Award

Bushnell University was among 12 Cascade Collegiate Conference institutions that were named Champions of Character® Five-Star Award winners for 2023-24, recently announced by the NAIA. In addition, the Cascade Collegiate Conference was named a Five-Star Conference. Bushnell University has now been selected for ten straight years of the current structure. Bushnell was also recognized at…

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Beacons Earn NABC Academic Excellence Awards

Official Release from NABC EUGENE, Ore.  – The Bushnell Men’s Basketball team once again earned the National Association of Basketball Coaches Team Academic Excellence Award, as recently announced by the NABC. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men’s basketball programs that completed the 2023-2024 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher….

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Neumann Named Academic All-America

EUGENE, Ore.  – Senior Halle Neumann was named to the Collegiate Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America At-Large Second Team on Tuesday. The 2024 Academic All-America teams, voted on by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA), recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. A total of 24 student-athletes were named to…

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Bushnell Student-Athletes Set High Academic Marks

The Tri-Athlete Model at Bushnell University reflects our desire to see student-athletes transformed in all facets of life: on the field of play as Champions of Character and in the classroom as Christ-centered scholars. Above all, we desire to give student-athletes the opportunity to pursue a maturing identity in Christ. Our student-athletes honor the gospel…

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Bushnell Beacons: Top-Ten Stories of 2023-2024

#10: Will, Stout Join Bushnell Coaching Staff Bushnell became the new home for a pair of coaches during the 2023-2024 year as Kyle Will took control of the cross country and track programs and Jeremy Stout joined the staff to lead the esports teams.   Read More #9: Softball Knocks Off No. 10 Southern Oregon On March 29,…

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Beacons Contend at NAIA National Championships

Cook Competes at NAIA National Championship RESULTS | MARION, Ind.  – Senior Kaitlin Cook closed out her collegiate track & field career on Wednesday evening, running in the 3000m Steeplechase preliminary heat at the NAIA National Championships, taking place at Indiana Wesleyan University. Cook held true to her national seed coming into the race, taking 19th…

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Baseball Named 2024 CCC Team of Character

Cascade Conference Release EUGENE, Ore.  – For the second time in three years, the Bushnell baseball team was recognized as the Cascade Collegiate Conference Les Schwab Men’s Team of Character, as voted on by the CCC athletic directors. Bushnell has now been home to five winners of the Les Schwab Team of Character Awards in…

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Bushnell University Honors Two Students at Commencement

EUGENE, Ore. – Two graduates of Bushnell University’s Class of 2024 were awarded the University’s most prestigious student awards during its Spring 2024 Commencement ceremony. The Dr. Kendall E. Burke Award, the University’s highest honor, was presented to Sophia Choat, who received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry. Choat’s outstanding commitment to campus…

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Bushnell Wins Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament

PHOTO GALLERY LEWISTON, Idaho – In just their third season as a program, the Bushnell University baseball team has won the 2024 Cascade Collegiate Conference Baseball Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank, defeating No. 5 Lewis-Clark State College, 8-2, at Harris Field on Monday. Bushnell (29-24), the four-seed, knocked off tournament host LC State for the second…

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