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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

Courtesy of UW Oshkosh -- UWO Associate Professor of engineering Warren Vaz will be leading the charge this summer in developing an app to help visually impaired students navigate campus.

UWO research team aims to create app to help visually impaired students

Submitted news June 8, 2023

Using technology to improve accessibility for people with visual disabilities is the focus of a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh research project underway this summer. Warren Vaz Warren Vaz, associate...

Courtesy of UW Oshkosh -- According to a study from SmartAsset, Oshkosh is the fifth best city in the country for recent college graduates. The study compared the job environment, cost of living and entertainment factors.

Oshkosh among the best places for new college grads, study shows

Submitted news June 8, 2023

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh just graduated a spring class of more than 1,300 students—many of whom are looking to start their careers. Luckily for them the place they earned their degree is one...

Anya Kelley / Advance-Titan — The Oshkosh YMCA will be taking over the UW Oshkosh Children's Learning and Care Center, which had been scheduled to permanently close on June 30.

Oshkosh YMCA to take over UWO childcare facility

Advance-Titan staff May 31, 2023

The  Children's Learning and Care Center (CLCC) on the UW Oshkosh campus will remain open and provide uninterrupted service, thanks to a new partnership and agreement struck with the Oshkosh Community...

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UW Oshkosh grads find success above US average, bolster Wisconsin workforce

Submitted news May 23, 2023

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh graduates continue to land jobs or other opportunities above the national average, a new survey shows. Of the more than 1,500 respondents in the annual First Destination...

Anya Kelley / Advance-Titan — The Oshkosh YMCA will be taking over the UW Oshkosh Children's Learning and Care Center, which had been scheduled to permanently close on June 30.

UWO Children’s Learning and Care Center to close permanently 

Anya Kelley, News Editor May 5, 2023

UW Oshkosh will permanently close the Children’s Learning and Care Center on June 30, with Chancellor Andrew Leavitt citing low staffing and money issues as the reasons. The center is licensed for...

Courtesy of Greetings Tour - Greetings Tour artists Victor Ving and Lisa Beggs travel the U.S to create iconic postcard-style murals that capture the essence of different cities.

New mural to highlight best of Oshkosh

Kelly Hueckman, Managing Editor May 3, 2023

Oshkosh is on track to join over 60 other cities as part of the “Greetings Tour” project, which creates postcard-inspired murals to encompass a city’s local culture. “We love working with communities...

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- While the Willow Project will help with energy security, it will amplify climate change and take away fossil fuels.

Willow Project to create lasting global damage

Mattie Beck, Arts & Entertainment Editor May 3, 2023

The Willow Project, a recent oil drilling project in northern Alaska, will affect those all across the country, even in Wisconsin, Jim Feldman, the director of environmental studies at UW Oshkosh said.  The...

Courtesy of UWO Flickr- John Koker has spent the last 32 years as an employee of UW Oshkosh. He has been provost at the university since 2017 and will retire after spring 2023.

‘I am still learning’

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief May 3, 2023

Not many faculty or staff at UW Oshkosh can say they have worked at one university for 32 years. But Provost John Koker can say just that. “I walked on a college campus for the first time in the fall...

Katie Pulvermacher / Advance-Titan - Hunters in Wisconsin need to watch out for Chronic Wasting Disease, which has recently been identified in Winnebago County. A
healthy deer is shown in the photo, but if a deer were to have the disease, the symptoms listed above would be present.

Hunters in Wisconsin, beware!

Nolan Swenson & Kelly Hueckman, Staff Editors April 27, 2023

Deer baiting and feeding will be banned in Winnebago County after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed a case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) for the first time in Winnebago County...

The "Last Lecture" event offered Nicholls and UWO student Sam Sasin the opportunity to present the lecture they’d give if it was their last.

Last Lecture offers opportunity to empower

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor April 26, 2023

What if you were given one last opportunity to address your friends, family and peers? UW Oshkosh’s biannual Last Lecture series does just that. Inspired by Carnegie Mellon University professor...

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