Start Here, Start Now


Are you or someone you know interested in returning to school? Have been considering a return to school to start or finish a college degree? Then Start Here, Start Now is for you!

Start Here, Start Now is an information session to help adults explore the opportunity of attending college. Participants will hear from faculty, explore areas of study, learn about admissions and financial processes, and meet other nontraditional students.

Facilitator: Ruth Freiburger, Director, Adult Nontraditional Student Resource (ANSR) Office
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Bordini Center, Room 143- Fox Valley Technical College - Appleton Campus
Fee: No Cost

Registration is preferred, but not required. Please register by calling the ASNR Office at (920) 424-1401.

Serving Adult Nontraditional Students

  • Continue your education.
  • Return to school.
  • Transfer from another school.
  • Find a support system.

Why Choose UW-Oshkosh?

  • Dozens of programs and majors
  • Earn Workplace certificates, Associate, Bachelor, and Master's degrees.
  • Offering classes in hybrid, online and accelearted formats.
  • Accredited through North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).
  • University of Wisconsin system degree recognized worldwide as a quality higher-education degree

We are Here to Help You...

  • Get started.
  • Find someone to talk with you and answer your questions.
  • Get help during a time that fits your schedule.
  • Learn how to get admitted to the university.
  • Get help in planning your career.
  • Learn about scholarships and financial aid.
  • Discover other adult students who have the same needs as you.
  • Use your experience to help other non-traditional students.
  • Help the university better meet your needs.

Graduation Project

Sometimes UW Oshkosh students don’t complete their degrees on schedule. Situations arise that can interrupt plans to finish, yet years later students may rekindle the desire to come back. The Graduation Project at UW Oshkosh actively seeks out these former students and helps them to reach their goal of degree completion.

  • The Graduation Project builds on the University’s existing advising services through a special initiative to identify and assist re-enrollment students who “stopped out” before completing their program of studies.
  • Approximately 182 former students, living in 11 states, have responded to the invitation to return and complete their degrees. Since 2004, many have graduated and more are actively working on exploring their options for degree completion. Others have touched base with the university and are hoping to return to class as their lives permit.
  • Staff listen to students’ concerns and limitations, develop a graduation plan, assist them to find classes and provide encouragement to help them finish their degrees. 
  • Responses have been positive! The Graduation Project invitation has reminded former students that a strong support system is available and that they will receive help along the way.

Does this sound like you or someone you know?

For more information on the Graduation Project, contact the Adult Nontraditional Student Resource
(ANSR) Office at 424-1401 or at graduationproject@uwosh.edu.

Nontraditional Student Organization (NTSO)

NTSO is sponsoring Finals Study Night at the Women's Center on May 15 from 6:00 p.m. - Midnight. If you are looking for a quiet place to study, check out Study Nights at the Women's Center during finals week. You will find a quiet comfortable place to study with access to computers and a printer. The Study Nights are open to all students. The Women’s Center is located in the Campus Center for Equity and Diversity (formerly the Foundation Center), at the corner of Irving and Elmwood.  Access is off of Irving, down the driveway at the east end of the building.  

For more information about NTSO or if you are interested in participating in NTSO, please contact Karen Ticks, NTSO President, at ticksk03@uwosh.edu.