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Students in good standing within the UW system are eligible to receive the UW Credit Union scholarship

UW Oshkosh Today reports that full-time students in good standing within the UW system are eligible to receive the UW Credit Union scholarship. Their ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about the work they do within our community, especially people who are…

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Former UWO student-athlete honored with prestigious 2022 (NSCA) Assistant College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year

Ryan Metzger, a 2011 U-W-O graduate, and strength and conditioning coach at Clemson University was recently honored with this award. During Metzger’s time here at UW- Oshkosh, she competed in gymnastics and majored in exercise science and health promotion with a minor in…

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EAA Airventure is Oshkosh’s premier summer event for aircraft. This summer, AirVenture brings a special surprise to the table.

By Calvin Leverenz A piece of history is coming to Oshkosh this summer. B-29 Doc is set to make an appearance at EAA AirVenture. B-29s are Boeing airplanes that were used to drop bombs during World War Two. Both of the planes that dropped atomic…

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UW Oshkosh professor hopes to try and crack another cold case

By Chandler Brindley A University of Wisconsin Oshkosh anthropology professor and his students will be taking on a cold case from 1992 revolving around the disappearance of a Fox Valley woman. Jordan Karsten, an associate professor of anthropology at UW Oshkosh, hosts the…

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90.3 WRST-FM Scores Big at WBA Awards

Students at 90.3 WRST-FM won four first-place awards in the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association’s Student Awards for Excellence. WRST swept the statewide competition in the “Air Check” category. The Air Check category is equivalent to the best radio on-air talent. Students also won first…

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At 28, recent UWO business grad became one of Culver’s youngest franchisees

Last year, Alexandria Mahoney, a twenty-16 UW-Oshkosh graduate, became one of the youngest Culver’s franchisees in the country at 28. When asked why she chose to go that direction, Mahoney said: “It’s the hospitality part I like most, and at the corporate level,…

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UW Oshkosh to lift campus mask requirements, with exceptions, beginning March 1

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will be lifting its requirements for masks in nearly all buildings on campus beginning March 1 following UW System president Tommy Thompson's announcement. Masks will no longer have to be worn beginning March 1, 2022 on all three UWO…

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UWO alumnus sets new world record

As first mentioned on UW Oshkosh Today, a UWO alumnus has set a world record doing 1,506,911 pushups. Nate Carroll of Winneconne, a UWO grad from 2000, set the new world record for the most pushups in a year last summer. Carrol stated…

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The Polar Express in Ashwaubenon this year after a break in 2020.

As reported by Fox11Online.com, the Polar Express is back this year after taking a break last year because of COVID. Jacqueline Frank, CEO of the National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon, said she and her team are happy to bring the community back together.…

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UWO Ecologist rock snot

A biology professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is part of a team that is studying invasive ‘rock snot’ algae near the shore of Lake Superior. Dylan Eckhart has more. Robert Pillsbury, an aquatic ecologist and biology professor at UWO, has spent…