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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

UWO presents faculty, staff awards

Submitted news September 9, 2021

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh launched its 150th year of excellence in higher education in northeastern Wisconsin on Sept. 7, with an Opening Day convocation at the Culver Family Welcome Center on...

Oshkosh Food Co-Op celebrates grand opening this weekend

Submitted news September 8, 2021

Closing in on nearly 1,800 member-owners, the Oshkosh Food Co-op will celebrate the opening of their store this Thursday, Friday and Saturday with an outdoor Grand Opening Celebration. “We hope our...

This week in UWO history

This week in UWO history

September 2, 2021

Sept. 2, 1966: Terry Jorgensen, a former baseball major leaguer and Oshkosh Titan standout, is born in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. A UW-Oshkosh Titans Hall of Fame member, Jorgensen helped lead the Titans to...

Tommy Titan in the 1972 Homecoming parade on Main Street. (Courtesy University Archives)

UWO creates first mascot 67 years ago

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Arts and Entertainment Editor September 1, 2021

This year marks the 150th anniversary of what is now known as the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. But the school didn’t have a physical mascot until 1954. According to the University Archives, in...

A female student holds a sign on the steps of her home in 1918, warning people not to enter because of influenza. (University Archives photo)

102 years later, second pandemic closes UWO

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Arts and Entertainment Editor August 31, 2021

COVID-19 shut down the world in 2020, with UW Oshkosh sending its students home and closing its campuses on March 13. But the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t the first time the school had to shut down due...

Frederick Clow with student

What’s in a name?

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief August 31, 2021

By Cory Sparks The UW Oshkosh campus is made up of 58 buildings spanning an area of 184 acres, according to the UWO campus information tab, and each building’s name comes with a story regarding an...

Party like it's 1871!

Party like it’s 1871!

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief August 30, 2021

As UW Oshkosh celebrates 150 years since its inception as the Oshkosh Normal School, there will be numerous Sesquicentennial events held throughout campus. Beginning as early as the second week of fall...

Free COVID-19 vaccination clinics held at Oshkosh Public Library

Submitted news August 22, 2021

The Winnebago County Health Department, in partnership with the Oshkosh Public Library, will offer three free COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh, on: ...

UWO’s new 100% online associate degree preps students for dozens of career options

Submitted news August 20, 2021

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is launching a new 100% online associate of arts and sciences (AAS) degree program this fall to prepare students for careers that require more education than a high...

Advance-Titan file photo by April Lee

UWO to require masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status

Submitted news August 9, 2021

Beginning Aug. 10, UW Oshkosh will require masks indoors on all  UW Oshkosh campuses for students, faculty, staff and guests, regardless of vaccination status. In a mass email today, Chancellor Andrew...

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