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Engage Contributor — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:48:50 +0000

Greek pride: Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Phi Omega members represent at the Titan’s football conference opener against Wisconsin State University La Crosse at the Jackson Street Athletic Field on Sept. 14, 1968. The Titans shut down the Indian’s offense early on and beat them handily. Greek and residence hall banners were a common site at football games. It would be another two years before Oshkosh would play home games at their new Titan Stadium. Former Greeks are invited back to campus this fall for the All-Greek Reunion Oct. 12-14. Go to uwosh.edu/go/greek to learn more.

UW Oshkosh Archives Photo 68-206-34. Learn more at uwosh.edu/archives

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Engage Contributor — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:33:48 +0000

Double take: UW Oshkosh senior Jennifer Newlin, of Janesville, snapped the modern-day photo of students Zackery Pawlosky, a sophomore of Oshkosh, and Kelley Koebler, also a senior from Janesville, near Dempsey Hall. Newlin recreated the earlier image found in the University Archives, as part of a class assignment for the UW Oshkosh Rephotography project that compares then-and-now images of how campus has changed during the past 140 years. University archivist Joshua Ranger said the black-and-white photo was likely taken in spring 1944.

UW Oshkosh Archives Photo (UWO NEG 000 0537).

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Engage Contributor — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:20:46 +0000

Coming home: To celebrate its 50th-anniversary “golden jubilee,” the Oshkosh Normal School organized its first Homecoming in 1921. In addition to a sold-out football game and a dance, the event featured an estimated 600 alumni — representing at least 44 different graduating classes — who returned to Oshkosh for reunions. Two days later, many of the graduates, organized by class, participated in a procession around campus as they made their way to a formal jubilee program held in the school’s gymnasium.

UW Oshkosh Archives Photograph. Learn more at www.uwosh.edu/archives.

Alumni from across the nation returned to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Homecoming celebration in October 2010, featuring a variety of family-friendly activities, including the Tour de Titan 2 Bike Ride, organized in partnership with the Oshkosh Cycling Club.

Check out the 2011 Homecoming schedule.

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Engage Contributor — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:50:50 +0000

Taking flight: As they boarded a plane at Winnebago County Airport in September 1968, (from the left) Michael Berken, Sandra Fruhman, Kris DeBruin and Thomas Recob became the first Wisconsin State University–Oshkosh students to participate in a new exchange program with African colleges. The group, taking part in a yearlong stay at Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone, was seen off by University President Roger Guiles, College of Letters and Science Dean Arthur Darken, international studies chair Manfred Wenner and political science instructor Jan Feagans.

Right: In July 2010, UWO football coaching staff and players assisted World War II veterans as they prepared for the Old Glory Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., from EAA AirVenture. Approximately 80 veterans from the region took a day-long tour of the D.C. memorials before returning to Oshkosh.

UW Oshkosh Archives Photo (UWO 68-208-02). Learn more.