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

UW Oshkosh started with the Oshkosh Normal School opening in 1871 with eight faculty members and 43 enrolled students for the first day of regular classes.

UWO readies for yearlong sesquicentennial celebration in 2021

January 4, 2021

Alumni, students, faculty and staff are ready to close the book on 2020 and share the 150-year story of excellence and opportunity at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh throughout 2021. Since the University’s...

Public COVID-19 testing at UWO will extend to mid-January

December 29, 2020

The COVID-19 surge testing site at the Culver Family Welcome Center on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus will be open for public testing through mid-January. The center is closed this week...

Screenshot of Wisconsins new COVID-19 tracing app

Wisconsin launches COVID-19 contact tracing app

December 27, 2020

WI Exposure Notification, a new mobile app to assist in notifying contacts of people who’ve tested positive for COVID-19, is now live. The voluntary app complements the state’s and partner agencies’...

UW Oshkosh Flickr — Countdown to Commencement

UW Oshkosh to recognize new round of grads with online midyear commencement Dec. 19

December 16, 2020

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will recognize and applaud the achievements of more than 1,000 students at the University’s 56th midyear commencement Dec. 19. The event includes the awarding of...

Electronic application fees waived at UW Oshkosh for next two years

Electronic application fees waived at UW Oshkosh for next two years

December 11, 2020

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Thursday approved waiving electronic application fees at UW Oshkosh and nine other universities for approximately the next two years. The no-cost...

Students’ opinions clash on UW Oshkosh English professors conduct

Students’ opinions clash on UW Oshkosh English professor’s conduct

Heidi Docter and Kaitlyn Scoville December 9, 2020

A UW Oshkosh professor who has received two harassment complaints by students within the last three years has many positive reviews on Rate My Professors and mainly full classes every semester. For many...

English professor gathers large following

English professor gathers large following

Kaitlyn Scoville, Copy Desk Chief December 9, 2020

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.…” Being a podcaster, political commentator...

UW Oshkosh positive COVID-19 test rate on campus stagnates near 4%

UW Oshkosh positive COVID-19 test rate on campus stagnates near 4%

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief December 9, 2020

The UW Oshkosh Student Assembly met for the last time in 2020 on Tuesday to discuss upcoming campus events and changes to quarantine requirements on campus. Throughout the fall semester, UWO’s administrators...

COVID cases trend down

COVID cases trend down

Sophia Voight, Assistant News Editor December 9, 2020

Winnebago County saw a decrease in COVID-19 cases over the past week due to the lack of testing available to residents over the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the county health department. However,...

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...

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