Be sure to check out the latest Online Exclusive for Engage magazine: A video conversation with five of the seven 2011 UW Oshkosh Alumni Award winners, honored the evening of Oct. 22 as part of the University’s weekend Homecoming events.

See more in our October Engage online feature HERE.

Their UW Oshkosh academic careers span roughly 30 years, from the early 1970s to the early 21st Century.

Their career paths are diverse, ranging from teaching to athletics coaching to advertising and national news and sports media.

But their impressions of their growing alma mater and the influence its educational programs and faculty and staff had on their career paths and success are a common tie.

Read more:

• Alumni Pride: Journalism grad sports dream job
• Alumni Pride: Taraska scores as top football coach
• Alumni Pride: Journalism grad’s expertise, creativity help nonprofits
• Alumni Pride: Lee-Held teaches lessons of tenacity and hope
• Alumni Pride:  Nursing grad helps heal veterans’ minds, bodies and souls
• Alumni Pride:  Gillingham hits high note as top composer
• Alumni Pride: Kraus oversees on-air promotion for CNN
• Seven UWO alumni to receive top honors