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

Photo Courtesy of Laura Johnson - Visit the Sugar Plum Fairy and check out her whimsical decorations.

Dive into the magical world of The Nutcracker

Cassidy Johnson, Web Editor December 6, 2023

If you’re like me, you dreaded leaving your festive, freshly-decked house over Thanksgiving break. Many college students can’t afford a full-size Christmas tree in our dorm rooms or apartments, so...

Advance-Titan File Photo - UWO students are temporarily unable to declare a theater major due to low enrollment, but this temporary suspension may become
permanent if the program doesn’t find a way to market themselves and amp up enrollment.

Protect liberal arts curriculum

Aubrie Selsmeyer and Anya Kelley December 6, 2023

UW system President Jay Rothman suggested that UW universities “shift away” from liberal arts programs, particularly at campuses with low-income students, in an effort to steer students toward more...

Haylea Van De Yacht / Advance-Titan - Debbie Gray Patton has worked at UWO for 27 years in USP, the Dean of Students office and as a hall director. Her love of UWO is evident through spiritwear, posters and photos at her desk.

What will those leaving do next?

Kelly Hueckman, Anya Kelley, and Katie Pulvermacher December 6, 2023

In October, 140 UW Oshkosh employees received layoff notices as administrators cut positions, offered early retirement and more to whittle down the university’s $18 million budget deficit. These notices...

Morgan Feltz / Advance-Titan -- The UWO volleyball team celebrates its victory over La Verne University Nov. 18 at the Kolf Sports Center to advance to the Elite Eight.

Historic season comes to a close

Nolan Andler, Staff Writer December 6, 2023

Last weekend, the UWO women’s volleyball team competed in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament for the sixth time in program history in Claremont, California. Unfortunately for the Titans, that...

Courtesy of Reeve Marketing - Oshkosh 94 member Sheila Knox speaks alongside a panel of other members about Black Thursday’s impact on UWO.

POV: The Oshkosh ’94

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor November 29, 2023

UW Oshkosh faculty, staff and members of the Oshkosh 94 — a group of African American students who were expelled after protesting for equal rights on campus — spoke during a remembrance ceremony about...

Jessica Duch / Advance-Titan

‘It all started with a pair of underwear’ 

Jessica Duch, Staff Writer November 29, 2023

By the end of her 34-year career, Julie Dumke, a former Oshkosh area teacher and co-founder and executive director of the Oshkosh Kids Foundation (OKF), realized some students needed more help than they...

Courtesy of UWO Athletics -- The UW Oshkosh womens volleyball team celebrates after its Sweet 16 victory. UWO is advancing to the NCAA quarterfinal for the first time since 2009.

UWO volleyball advances to Elite Eight

Submitted News November 20, 2023

The UW Oshkosh women's volleyball team is headed to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2009 with a win over the University of La Verne (California) on Saturday night (Nov. 18) at the Kolf Sports...

Advance-Titan - Some of the 90 Black students arrested are seen in court. Each student was being charged for unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct.

Remembering Black Thursday 55 years later

Katie Pulvermacher, Editor-in-Chief November 16, 2023

Taken from an Advance-Titan issue from Dec. 5, 1968 It was 8:35 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 21. Vice president Sherman Gunderson opened the outer door of the presidential suite, and hastily noted that a large...

Courtesy of Lori Palmeri - Rep. Lori Palmeri looks over a document with Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde. An Oshkosh resident since 2008, she was elected to the 54th Assembly District in 2022.

Palmeri’s evolution in politics

Elijah Plonsky, Staff Writer November 15, 2023

Lori Palmeri, Oshkosh’s first female mayor, assumed higher office as the Wisconsin Assembly representative for District 54 and admits the road wasn’t always easy being a single mom. Adversity and resilience...

Photo courtesy of Caleb Considine - Woojin (Jin) Jung, middle, instructs people where to put their food at for the International Student Association’s Culture Night in November.

International student talks culture shock

Caleb Considine, Writer November 15, 2023

It wasn’t easy.   Woojin (Jin) Jung, 20, remembers what it was like when he first came to UW Oshkosh in August 2022. As an international student from South Korea, he left home, his language, customs...

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