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

Anya Kelley / The Advance-Titan — The $18 million budget deficit that UWO is facing is rooted in declining higher education enrollment, an aging demographic and declining state support.

UWO faces an $18 million budget deficit

Anya Kelley, News Editor August 30, 2023

UW Oshkosh is facing an $18 million structural deficit and is planning 200 non-faculty layoffs and additional furlough periods to cut expenses for the 2023-24 academic year. In an Aug. 3 email, Chancellor...

Morgan Feltz / The Advance-Titan — UWO wideout Trae Tetzlaff hauls in a 79-yard touchdown reception in UWOs 19-14 win against UW-Stout last year at Titan Stadium.

Titan football seeks WIAC title

Jacob Link, Co-Sports Editor August 30, 2023

The UW Oshkosh football team will look to compete for the 2023 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) title after a strong 2022 season with first-year head coach Peter Jennings at the helm...

Photo: Anya Kelley / Advance-Titan — While most of the U.S. calls public water faucets drinking fountains, the term bubbler is unique to Eastern Wisconsin and Boston.

Identities tied to how we speak

Kelly Hueckman, Managing Editor August 30, 2023

After moving to Wisconsin when she was 15, Massachusetts-born Payton Catron was left scratching her head as she received a so-called “hotdish” as a welcome gift. “I had no clue what it was,”...

Photo: UWO Flickr
Edward Martini started July 5 as UW Oshkosh provost. His current priority is helping to determine how UWO will navigate the challenges of a $18 million deficit.

Martini chosen as provost after nationwide search

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief August 30, 2023

After a nationwide search in the spring 2023 semester, Edwin Martini was selected as the new provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs of UW Oshkosh and started on July 5. “Higher education...

Courtesy of UWO Athletics -- UWOs Ava Downie placed second individually for the Titans at the Titan Classic last season.

Cassmeyer hopes to turn golf program into WIAC powerhouse

Jacob Link, Co-Sports Editor August 29, 2023

The UW Oshkosh women’s golf team will have a new face at the helm of the Titans as they begin their 2023 season Sept. 9 at the UW-Eau Claire Georgianni Blugold Invitational. Tyler Cassmeyer was named...

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College students: Watch out for financial scams

Submitted news August 26, 2023

College students must spend money on tuition payments and school supplies to prepare for the new year. However, scammers are taking this opportunity to try to steal some of that money through various...

UWO receives $500,000+ to train water scientists

UWO receives $500,000+ to train water scientists

Submitted news August 16, 2023

Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin has awarded nearly $4.3 million to fund 22 projects across the University of Wisconsin System aimed at increasing research and training to address Wisconsin’s biggest...

EAA to celebrate 70th anniversary at AirVenture 2023

EAA to celebrate 70th anniversary at AirVenture 2023

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief July 18, 2023

AirVenture is much more than a few airplanes. Every July, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) hosts AirVenture, a weekly airshow and fly-in that celebrates “The Spirit of Aviation” with people...

UW Oshkosh professor Dan Schmidt is gearing up for the fifth annual Schmidt Don’t Quit Kinesiology Scholarship Ride Aug. 9.

Prof to pedal 95 miles in Schmidt Don’t Quit Kinesiology Scholarship Ride

Submitted news July 17, 2023

UW Oshkosh professor Dan Schmidt is gearing up for the fifth annual Schmidt Don’t Quit Kinesiology Scholarship Ride Aug. 9. Schmidt will take off from UW-Whitewater and bike the nearly 95 miles back...

Courtesy of Yinan Chen, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- Wisconsin ranks near the top among Midwestern states for rural population growth in recent decades.

Why is Wisconsin’s rural population growth outpacing the Midwest?

Submitted news July 10, 2023

Wisconsin ranks near the top among Midwestern states for rural population growth in recent decades, as many of its peers experienced rural population decline. Overall, rural Wisconsin counties that have...

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