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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

Gig economy workers in Fox Valley struggling to make ends meet due to COVID-19

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief April 23, 2020

As gig economy workers see a huge decrease in user demand for rideshare services, local drivers are facing a balancing act, weighing financial and health related consequences as they adapt to COVID-19.  In...

UW System sees uncertain future as it navigates the 'New Normal'

UW System sees uncertain future as it navigates the ‘New Normal’

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 23, 2020

Coronavirus testing across Wisconsin needs to significantly increase in order to safely reopen higher education institutions, which will be essential in navigating the “new normal” caused by the...

Moves due to pandemic cause 2020 Census confusion over what is ‘home’

Amber Brockman, News Editor April 22, 2020

Olivia lived in Horizon Hall until the dorms closed. Jack lived off campus, but didn’t want to live alone when UW Oshkosh went to all online classes, so he, too, moved back home. But with a father who...

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Leavitt announces plans to furlough UWO employees

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief April 20, 2020

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced plans Monday to furlough employees as the institution faces economic challenges in the fallout of COVID-19. The UW System defines furloughs as “a leave...

Gov. Tony Evers at a DHS Media Briefing.

Evers extends Safer at Home

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 16, 2020

Today Gov. Tony Evers directed Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to extend the Safer at Home order to May 26, and amended the order to open up select parts of the economy. In...

Oshkosh Correctional Institution is one of many prisons in Wisconsin imposing a lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus within their facilities

Oshkosh prison takes action after 8 inmates test positive for COVID-19

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 16, 2020

In response to eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 among inmates at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution, the housing units those inmates were in have been placed on lockdown, according to state Rep. Michael...

Submitted photo - K-12 students throughout Wisconsin are learning at home after school districts closed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

OASD works to combat opportunity gaps created with at-home learning

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 16, 2020

Students and teachers across the Oshkosh Area School District are adapting to at-home learning, but opportunity gaps have caused some students to have a more difficult time adjusting than others. The...

UW Oshkosh education students provide K-12 tutoring

UW Oshkosh education students provide K-12 tutoring

Kate Sawyer, Reporter April 16, 2020

About 89 teacher candidates studying at UW Oshkosh are partnered with 190 K-12 students from across the country to help support their learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program was initiated...

'This is not ideal:' UW Oshkosh summer courses go online

‘This is not ideal:’ UW Oshkosh summer courses go online

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief April 15, 2020

UW Oshkosh will continue delivering course materials online through at least the first four-week session of summer 2020, according to an email from Provost John Koker. The decision, delivered by Koker...

UW Oshkosh announces virtual commencement ceremony

UW Oshkosh announces virtual commencement ceremony

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 10, 2020

In a campuswide email Friday, Chancellor Leavitt announced that UW Oshkosh will host a virtual commencement program on Saturday, May 16. “We plan to include as much of the Pomp and Circumstance that...

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