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The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Courtesy of Shannon Davis-Foust
UWO’s Sustainability Institute for Regional Transformations has recently established the Winnebago Pool Lakes Harmful Algae Blooms
Project. This project helps the public understand how harmful the
algae blooms are

Algae blooms create toxicity

Amber Brockman, Managing Editor September 15, 2021

Algae blooms can be toxic to humans and wildlife, but Wisconsin lacks a system that routinely tests for blue-green algae or blue-green algal toxins in its 15,000 lakes, according to the Wisconsin Department...

April Lee / Advance-Titan

UW Oshkosh celebrated 150 years of academic instruction last Sunday. Back in 1871, when the school opened, it was just a teachers college referred to as the Oshkosh Normal School.

UWO celebrates 150 years

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief September 15, 2021

UW Oshkosh celebrated 150 years of being an educational institution last weekend by hosting a variety of events outdoors. UWO, originally called the Oshkosh Normal School in 1871, threw a sesquicentennial...

Chancellor Andrew Leavitt answers questions at recent virtual town halls.

Town hall meetings cover COVID concerns

Katie Pulvermacher, News Editor September 14, 2021

UW Oshkosh has not yet reached the 70% vaccination rate of its students needed as an institution to qualify for eight $7,000 system scholarships, but Chancellor Andrew Leavitt said they “are getting...

Photos courtesy Dorian Boyland — Dorian Boyland played in 21 major league games with the Pirates
before being traded to the San Francisco Giants during the 1981
season.

Humans of UW Oshkosh celebrate sesquicentennial

September 10, 2021

        Dorian Boyland Class of 1976 The first time I met Coach (Bob) White, I felt honestly loved and respected. He was at my high school in Chicago recruiting me to play basketball...

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...

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...

File photo by April Lee — Masks are currently not mandated on campus unless people are not vaccinated, but that ruling could change if COVID-19 cases continue to increase.

UWO not imposing mask mandate — for now

Submitted news August 6, 2021

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt and Police Chief Kurt Leibold  emailed the University community today, saying UWO is currently not imposing a mask mandate on campus, but that the decision could change...

Screen shot showing Wisconsin and Winnebago County on the CDC COVID Data Tracker

Winnebago County reaches ‘substantial’ level of COVID-19 community spread, indoor masking recommended

Submitted news August 5, 2021

The Winnebago County Health Department announced the county has reached substantial level of community transmission of COVID-19. Recent guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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Celebrate Suni Lee’s gold medal win, and the small victories and successes of all Hmong

Sunisa (Suni) Lee’s gold medal win in women’s all-around gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics places Suni as the first Hmong American and the first Asian American to win gold for Team USA. Suni has not...

Lisa Ferdinando/Wikimedia

COVID vaccination clinic held this Saturday at Farmers Market

Submitted news July 22, 2021

The Winnebago County Health Department, in partnership with the Oshkosh Area School District, will offer a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic during the Oshkosh Farmers Market this Saturday from 9 a.m. to...

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