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Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

UWO inducts largest class yet into Titan Hall of Fame

UWO inducts largest class yet into Titan Hall of Fame

Cory Sparks, Editor in Chief September 15, 2021

UW Oshkosh will be inducting a record-high 10 people into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2021. The 2021 UWO Hall of Fame class features a mix of former student athletes, coaches and administrators...

Courtesy of University Archives

UWO’s evolution through the years

Amber Brockman, Managing Editor September 15, 2021

Last Sunday, a celebration was held in honor of UW Oshkosh’s 150th anniversary, but the school has gone through many changes to become what it’s known as today. “Over the past 150 years, UW Oshkosh...

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...

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...

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