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The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Jessica Duch / Advance-Titan

‘It all started with a pair of underwear’ 

Jessica Duch, Staff Writer November 29, 2023

By the end of her 34-year career, Julie Dumke, a former Oshkosh area teacher and co-founder and executive director of the Oshkosh Kids Foundation (OKF), realized some students needed more help than they...

Financial Corner: Student Loans 101

Candice Wagner, UW Credit Union Writer November 29, 2023

If student loans make you groan, you’re not alone. But student loans don’t have to be complicated. Start with the FAFSA Everyone, whether you think you’re eligible for funding or not, should...

6 tips to shop online safely

6 tips to shop online safely

Candice Wagner, UW Credit Union November 28, 2023

Social media sites make shopping easy. And tempting! However, buying through social media ads and marketplaces can be risky – instead of a reputable merchant, you may be dealing with a scammer. Here...

Advance-Titan - Some of the 90 Black students arrested are seen in court. Each student was being charged for unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct.

Remembering Black Thursday 55 years later

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief November 16, 2023

Taken from an Advance-Titan issue from Dec. 5, 1968 It was 8:35 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 21. Vice president Sherman Gunderson opened the outer door of the presidential suite, and hastily noted that a large...

Courtesy of Lori Palmeri - Rep. Lori Palmeri looks over a document with Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde. An Oshkosh resident since 2008, she was elected to the 54th Assembly District in 2022.

Palmeri’s evolution in politics

Elijah Plonsky, Staff Writer November 15, 2023

Lori Palmeri, Oshkosh’s first female mayor, assumed higher office as the Wisconsin Assembly representative for District 54 and admits the road wasn’t always easy being a single mom. Adversity and resilience...

Photo courtesy of Caleb Considine - Woojin (Jin) Jung, middle, instructs people where to put their food at for the International Student Association’s Culture Night in November.

International student talks culture shock

Caleb Considine, Writer November 15, 2023

It wasn’t easy.   Woojin (Jin) Jung, 20, remembers what it was like when he first came to UW Oshkosh in August 2022. As an international student from South Korea, he left home, his language, customs...

Courtesy of UWO Flickr / The UWO Child Care center closed this spring before the YMCA absorbed the initiative.

Child Care Center grows after YMCA takeover

Anya Kelley, News Editor November 14, 2023

On May 5, UW Oshkosh’s Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced that the Children’s Learning and Care Center would be closing permanently. The decision left many families grappling with the fact that they’d...

AMP embraces many facets of journalism with more inclusive name

AMP embraces many facets of journalism with more inclusive name

Vanessa Jenneman, AMP Intern November 14, 2023

The UW Oshkosh journalism department underwent a change earlier this fall to embrace all its students. It is now called the advertising, multimedia journalism, public relations or AMP department.  After...

Survey shows students want smaller classes

Kyiah Nelson, Staff Writer November 8, 2023

A new UW Oshkosh survey shows that psychology and engineering students here want smaller class sizes and more interactions with professors. Administered by UW Oshkosh psychology professor Justyna Olszewska,...

Josh Lehner / Advance-Titan -Provost Edwin Martini (left) and Chancellor Andrew Leavitt (right) discuss UWO’s financial situation and the future of the university during the town hall on Nov. 2.

Leavitt discusses UWO’s deficit

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor November 8, 2023

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt and Provost Edwin Martini addressed the impact of staff layoffs and the university’s restructuring plans moving forward during a town hall on Nov. 2. The university...

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