Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

April Lee / Advance-Titan

To keep his mother living at Evergreen Retirement Community safe from COVID-19, Eric Duwell and his wife, Janell, do weekly “window visits” at the facility. They tried Zoom visits in the past, but found those gave Eric’s mother far less joy.

Wisconsin senior living facilities battle COVID-19

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 9, 2020

Robin Wolzenburg, the director of housing and clinical services for the senior living advocacy group LeadingAge Wisconsin, recently received an email that broke her heart. The email, from a Wisconsin...

Dear Chancellor Leavitt, I was wrong

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 9, 2020

Dear Chancellor Leavitt, I apologize. I was wrong. In an editorial earlier this semester, I predicted gloom and doom. I predicted that we would once again be sent home and forced to continue classes...

Volunteers collect food donations for Father Carrs Place.

Food drive for Father Carr’s

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 2, 2020

Volunteers assembled in the parking lot of the Oshkosh Convention Center on Nov. 21 to collect non-perishable food donations for Father Carr’s Place 2B. Father Carr’s Place 2B is a life enrichment...

Protesters gathered outside the Governors mansion call for prison reform in Wisconsin. OSCI had 957 cases as of Nov. 25.

Correctional facilities in Wisconsin struggle to contain COVID-19

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor December 2, 2020

Last month, the Oshkosh Correctional Institution (OSCI) passed a grim milestone, becoming the Wisconsin prison with the most COVID-19 cases since March, as criminal justice reform advocates plead with...

Oshkosh police investigate shooting near Scott and Central

Oshkosh police investigate shooting near Scott and Central

November 7, 2020

The Oshkosh Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred in the area of Scott avenue and Central street in Oshkosh, according to a press release. Officials say officers were dispatched...

UW Oshkosh to open new COVID testing site

UW Oshkosh to open new COVID testing site

Sophia Voight, Co-News Editor November 4, 2020

UW Oshkosh will be opening a new COVID-19 testing center at Culver Family Welcome Center Nov. 9 with new Abbott BinaxNOW rapid antigen tests that provide results in 15 minutes to help combat the surge...

Foxconn unlikely to create blue-collar jobs

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor November 4, 2020

When Scott Walker ran for Governor of Wisconsin in 2010, he ran on a fiscal responsibility platform, railing against government spending. He even went so far as to refer to a proposed high-speed train...

Students march for Take Back The Night

UWO partnering to bring awareness, assist fundraising for Fox Valley Take Back the Night

October 21, 2020

UW Oshkosh is partnering with Reach Counseling and Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services to host the 30th annual Take Back the Night. The series of events Oct. 26-30 is intended to bring awareness to...

Wisconsin DOJ works to protect election integrity

Wisconsin DOJ works to protect election integrity

October 19, 2020

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today (Monday) shared how the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing for the upcoming election on November 3, 2020. The attorney general also issued...

Applications open today through Nov. 2 for second round of We’re All In Grants for small businesses

Applications open today through Nov. 2 for second round of We’re All In Grants for small businesses

October 19, 2020

Applications opened today for the second round of We’re All In Small Business Grants, which will distribute an additional $50 million to small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program...

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