Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

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Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Photo: UWO Flickr — Soon-to-be UW Oshkosh graduates attended the Almost Alumni luncheon on Dec. 6. UWO commencement will be held this weekend.

UWO midyear commencement set for Dec. 16

December 13, 2023

About 700 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students who will receive their diplomas at the midyear commencement on Dec. 16. Families and friends are invited to the 10 a.m. ceremony at Kolf Sports Center,...

Kelly Hueckman/ Advance-Titan - (Left) Buxton looks over emails in her office. (Right) Buxton wears a bracelet that says 1908, the year Alpha Kappa Alpha was established. Buxton was a member as an undergrad, and wears the bracelet to remind herself of her involvement on campus.

Advocating community on campus

Kortney Marco, Writer December 6, 2023

It was the community that drew Jasmine Buxton to UW Oshkosh earlier this year as the associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students. But it's that same community she hopes will keep...

Calling all crime junkies!

Calling all crime junkies!

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2023

“Be open minded to different opportunities.” That’s the advice of UW Oshkosh alumnus, Kevin Damask after his journalism degree led him to publish his first book, “Cold: The Unsolved Murders of...

Haylea Van De Yacht / Advance-Titan - Debbie Gray Patton has worked at UWO for 27 years in USP, the Dean of Students office and as a hall director. Her love of UWO is evident through spiritwear, posters and photos at her desk.

What will those leaving do next?

Kelly Hueckman, Anya Kelley, and Katie Pulvermacher December 6, 2023

In October, 140 UW Oshkosh employees received layoff notices as administrators cut positions, offered early retirement and more to whittle down the university’s $18 million budget deficit. These notices...

Courtesy of Heidi Nicholls - Students from Heidi Nicholls’ Ethnographic Methods class serve as student researchers for the Inclusive Excellence and Sense of Belonging Research Project. Various
tasks they perform include developing interview questions, analyzing focus groups, writing field notes and drafting research papers from findings.

Doing right by students

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief November 29, 2023

In an effort to learn the truth about student experiences at UW Oshkosh, Anthropology, Global Religions and Cultures Assistant Professor Heidi Nicholls and her student researchers turned to the experts:...

Courtesy of Reeve Marketing - Oshkosh 94 member Sheila Knox speaks alongside a panel of other members about Black Thursday’s impact on UWO.

POV: The Oshkosh ’94

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor November 29, 2023

UW Oshkosh faculty, staff and members of the Oshkosh 94 — a group of African American students who were expelled after protesting for equal rights on campus — spoke during a remembrance ceremony about...

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...

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