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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

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...

UWO alumnus returns to teach in geology department

Lexi Wojcik-Kretchmer, News Writer December 9, 2020

Max Schwid, UW Oshkosh alumnus, came back to UWO for the fall semester in a break from his Ph.D. program to teach in the geology department. Schwid was a student at UWO from 2013 and graduated in...

UWO alumni discuss teaching during pandemic

Andrew Hansen, News Writer December 9, 2020

The UW Oshkosh Aspiring Educators Organization held a first-year teacher panel featuring three alumni who spoke about the realities they faced teaching amidst the COVID-19 pandemic this past Thursday. “I...

A conversation with Wisconsin State Senator Dan Feyen

A conversation with Wisconsin State Senator Dan Feyen

Sophia Voight, Asst. News Editor December 9, 2020

Republican incumbent for Wisconsin’s 18th senate district Dan Feyen beat out upcomer, Democrat Aaron Wojciechowski and is getting ready to serve his second term in office. The newly re-elected...

Since YouTube was created in 2005, the website has evolved into more than a platform for entertainment including a wide variety of educational videos.

How YouTube is changing education

Jelissa Burns, News Writer December 9, 2020

YouTube has just about any video you could think of, from cooking videos to gameplay walkthroughs and everything in between. Since the creation of the website in 2005, people are now uploading 500 hours...

Photo courtesy UWO Flickr — University of Wisconsin Oshkosh nursing students will now be eligible for a tuition credit of $500 for working to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Win-win’: Tuition credit offered to UWO nursing students working in the pandemic

December 3, 2020

Beyond gaining valuable real-world experience, UW Oshkosh nursing students will now be eligible for a tuition credit of $500 for working to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The new incentive, announced...

From left, Lorie Winkler and Lynn Bender say that the toughest part of the stricter COVID guidelines is the loss of connection to students.

UW Oshkosh food service workers adapt to new precautions

Andrew Hansen, News Writer December 2, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on UW Oshkosh food services workers still adjusting to the new regulations. “There’s a lot more rules with masks, glove-changing and cleaning,” Blackhawk...

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