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

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...

Tommy Titan in the 1972 Homecoming parade on Main Street. (Courtesy University Archives)

UWO creates first mascot 67 years ago

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Arts and Entertainment Editor September 1, 2021

This year marks the 150th anniversary of what is now known as the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. But the school didn’t have a physical mascot until 1954. According to the University Archives, in...

The 2019 Titan men’s basketball team holds up the championship trophy in front of their faithful fans as confetti rains down around
them. It is their first national championship in program history. (Advance-Titan file photo)

Notable national championship teams

Cory Sparks, Editor-in-Chief September 1, 2021

Over the course of UW Oshkosh’s historic athletic program’s history, the school has taken home 47 national championships, and this article will review some of the most notable Titan champions. Of...

The UW Oshkosh marching  band  performs at a football game in about 1969. (All photos courtesy University Archives)

Marching band to return to UW Oshkosh

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief September 1, 2021

UW Oshkosh will soon have a Titan Thunder marching band, as the recruiting process and preparation will be happening in the 12 months leading up to the new group’s debut in Fall 2022. This will be...

Frederick Clow with student

What’s in a name?

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief August 31, 2021

By Cory Sparks The UW Oshkosh campus is made up of 58 buildings spanning an area of 184 acres, according to the UWO campus information tab, and each building’s name comes with a story regarding an...

Party like its 1871!

Party like it’s 1871!

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief August 30, 2021

As UW Oshkosh celebrates 150 years since its inception as the Oshkosh Normal School, there will be numerous Sesquicentennial events held throughout campus. Beginning as early as the second week of fall...

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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