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

District Attorney rules officer shooting at Oshkosh West was justified

May 11, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation ruled that Oshkosh West High School School Resource Officer Michael Wissink’s decision to use deadly force was reasonable after...

Carpenter shortage in Wisconsin leaves businesses strapped

Carpenter shortage in Wisconsin leaves businesses strapped

Nick Fioravanti, Reporter May 10, 2020

Carpentry is one of the most skillful and crucial fields of work in the skilled trades. Today, businesses struggle when it comes to finding workers who know proper technique and skill for jobs in...

Aviation Plaza redevelopment nearing completion

Aviation Plaza redevelopment nearing completion

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor May 8, 2020

When Tyler Reilly started Extreme Customs, a technology and automotive company that sells custom rims and tires, in his parents’ garage, he never expected the business would expand to include locations...

UW Oshkosh Sustainability Institute partnership helps businesses recycle

UW Oshkosh Sustainability Institute partnership helps businesses recycle

Marissa Hart, Reporter May 8, 2020

UW Oshkosh’s sustainability institute aims to generate new ideas and advance knowledge by engaging faculty, staff and students in scholarly and creative activities exploring applications of sustainability. UWO...

Advance-Titan — The Oshkosh Public Library now offers curbside pickup by appointment.

Oshkosh businesses work toward reopening, Evers announces best practices, safety tips

Andrew Haese, Reporter May 8, 2020

Oshkosh business owners and service employees say they are working toward reopening local businesses after Gov. Tony Evers extended the Safer at Home order into late May. “I want to be able to look...

April Lee/Advance-Titan — The UW System has developed a plan to streamline degree programs to address financial shortcomings caused by the systemwide tuition freeze, falling enrollments and the COVID-19 pandemic.

UW System asks campuses to consolidate classes to address financial shortcomings

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor May 8, 2020

In order to navigate the UW System’s uncertain financial future, system president Ray Cross is asking campuses to consolidate programs, eliminate some administrative tasks and develop a unified online...

Week in Review from 90.3 WRST-FM Oshkosh, May 5, 2020

‘Week in Review’ from 90.3 WRST-FM Oshkosh, May 5, 2020

May 8, 2020

"Week in Review" is a production of 90.3 WRST-FM Oshkosh, Oshkosh's NPR affiliate and the official radio station of UW Oshkosh. This week we talk to a criminal justice reform advocate about what prisons...

UWO research examines ancient Velociraptors

UWO research examines ancient Velociraptors

May 7, 2020

Turns out, you really can’t believe everything you see in the movies. A new University of Wisconsin Oshkosh analysis of raptor teeth published in the peer-reviewed journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,...

Journalism Department Chair Sara Hansen and other faculty created a video to “welcome” students to the virtual department and online classes.

Journalism department cultivates community during COVID-19 campus closure

Olivia Schilcher, Reporter May 6, 2020

Community is usually known as a group of people who share a common interest and often a common geographic area. But the Department of Journalism has tweaked that definition during the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Advance-Titan, staff win Better Newspaper, Best of the Midwest awards

May 6, 2020

The Advance-Titan and its staff received 17 awards in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation’s Better Newspaper Contest. The WNAF announced the winners of its 2019 college Better Newspaper...

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