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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…

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Oshkosh is now making up the Multicultural Education Center for a better “safe space”

Byron Adams, the director of Educational Support Services in the Division of Academic Support of Inclusive Excellence (ASIE), talks about his time at Oshkosh and the MED building. He states,“Having a space on campus where you can interact with other students of color…

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News Week In Review

Week In Review 12-10-2021

This week we hear about the Oshkosh library needing donations for children and veterans, a UWO professor studying "rock snot," Kwik Trip requiring prepay at the pump, The Polar Express making a return in Ashwaubenon, and the MED building on the UWO campus…

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UWO Overdose Kits

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh partnered with Wisconsin Voices for Recovery to install overdose kits. Dylan Eckhart has more. UWO has become one of the first college campuses in Wisconsin to install naloxone in its residence halls. Naloxone is a medication that helps…

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Packers stock sale brings in more than $41 million in the first 8 days

Packers first stock sale in 10 years brings in more than $41 million in the first 8 days. Emma Goetz reports. According to Fox 11 News, the Green Bay Packers announced that they are having their sixth stock sale in Packers History, with…