News and Announcements
Lina Vergara Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship honors the memory of a compassionate student with dreams of teaching third graders. During her two years at UW Oshkosh, Lina Vergara was active in residence hall government and service organizations. An elementary education student with majors in bilingual education and English as a Second Language, she had aspirations of teaching third grade following her graduation.
John Kerrigan, ninth UW Oshkosh Chancellor, dies at age 76
John E. Kerrigan, ninth Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, died Nov. 5 at age 76. During his 10-year tenure, Kerrigan significantly expanded opportunities for students and faculty. He initiated professorships to support faculty in their research and scholastic pursuits, and developed scholarship programs for entering students with academic and leadership ability.
Groundbreaking Held for Alumni Welcome and Conference Center
Alumni, campus and community leaders gathered on Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 13 to break ground on the $12 million UW Oshkosh Alumni Welcome and Conference Center.
City of Oshkosh Honored at Community Breakfast
Event included address by Blois Olson '94, media and communications expert, and regular speaker on political volatility, media change and social media strategies.
Chancellor Wells: UW Oshkosh’s, Foundation’s catalyst value evident in hotel partnership
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Chancellor Wells was among the speakers at a Feb. 14 press conference announcing the UW Oshkosh Foundation’s and two private-partner hoteliers’s official purchase of City Center Hotel in downtown Oshkosh.
Downtown Oshkosh hotel officially under new ownership
A local partnership is announced to revitalize Oshkosh’s waterfront City Center Hotel in the heart of downtown, two blocks from UW Oshkosh.
