Regional Archives - The Advance-Titan

Green Fund saves rare, dying tree species

Kaitlyn Scoville, Copy Desk Chief • October 28, 2020

The UW Oshkosh Green Fund implemented one of its student sustainability projects behind the Arts & Communications Center by planting several rare heirloom apple trees. There were about 200 varieties...

Black Lives Matter protest in Appleton ends peacefully

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief • May 31, 2020

A crowd gathered downtown Appleton Saturday, May 30 to protest the May 25 death of George Floyd. Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. His death was filmed...

Gig economy workers in Fox Valley struggling to make ends meet due to COVID-19

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief • April 23, 2020

As gig economy workers see a huge decrease in user demand for rideshare services, local drivers are facing a balancing act, weighing financial and health related consequences as they adapt to COVID-19. In...

UWO-FDL holds seed workshop

Emma Klein, Writer • October 16, 2019

Community members participated in a seed collection and storage workshop at the UWO-Fond du Lac Campus as part of their prairie restoration and community education project last Saturday. Volunteers...

Student’s dorm door vandalized

Alexus Olsen, Regional news editor • September 19, 2019

Sunday afternoon at 1:14 p.m., a photo surfaced on Twitter showing a UW-Eau Claire student’s dorm room door vandalized with racist slurs. “go back to the rez RED N****r” is what was written on...

UWO access campus merger has drama

Alexus Olsen, Regional Editor • September 13, 2019

The restructure of the access campuses has sparked debate among alumni, faculty and concerned associated community members. These concerns include the unpredictable outcomes for students, the name...

UWFDL, UWFV make tree-mendous progress

Joseph Schulz, Regional Editor • May 9, 2019

UW-Fox Valley was named a tree campus by the Arbor Day Foundation for the seventh year in a row for its efforts in forestry and sustainability. Tree Campus USA has five standards that colleges and universities...

UWO, UWFV participate at Research in the Rotunda

Jordyn Schraeder, News Writer • May 2, 2019

On April 17, six UW Oshkosh students and two students from the UW-Fox Valley campus traveled to the Wisconsin State Capitol to share their undergraduate research at Research in the Rotunda. Student...

UWFV shows a play within a play in ‘Noise Off’ Off’

Joesph Schulz, Regional Editor • May 2, 2019

The UW-Fox Valley theatre department performed Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off,” a madcap comedy that featured a play within a play. The play depicts a cast and crew navigating the wild world of theater...

Training on campus provides insight for active threats

Joseph Schulz, Regional Editor • April 25, 2019

UW Oshkosh held active threat information sessions in Reeve Union 209 on April 12 and 22, where University Police Capt. Chris Tarmann and geology professor Joseph Peterson outlined how to intervene before...