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150 for 150: Relive UWO’s celebratory sesquicentennial year in photos
It’s on to 151.
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh spent the past 12 months celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding as the Oshkosh State Normal School in 1871. The milestone year included a community celebration that brought thousands to the Oshkosh campus, the return of athletics after the pandemic hiatus, the 100th anniversary of Homecoming and—with the 147th spring commencement in May and the 57th midyear commencement just this month—the transition from students to alumni of thousands of accomplished Titans.
Here’s a look back at the eventful sesquicentennial year at UW Oshkosh in 150 images.
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- UW Oshkosh celebrates 100th anniversary Homecoming
- University toasts 150th anniversary with Sesquicentennial Community Celebration
- UW Oshkosh’s 147th spring commencement
Alums share ‘Then & Now’ photos in honor of UWO’s sesquicentennial
In honor of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s sesquicentennial, the alumni relations office asked Titan alumni to submit photo re-creations from their time on campus. Many alumni joined in the fun and submitted photos.
The submitted ‘Then & Now’ photos were used in the Humans of UW Oshkosh exhibition and book, created by sesquicentennial committee member Grace Lim.
“It’s fun to see alumni share their memories and Titan pride through these ‘Then and Now’ photos,” said Alumni Director Christine Gantner. “They are a great reminder of the impact UWO has made on generations of alumni inside and outside the classroom over the past 150 years.”
Enjoy many of the submissions below.
Sesquicentennial Then & Now
UWO caps 150th year with 57th midyear commencement
Saturday welcomed the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s 57th midyear commencement, a festive occasion spread over two ceremonies and honoring the academic achievements of students from the Oshkosh, Fox Cities and Fond du Lac campuses. The event also marked the conclusion of the fall semester, which began with a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the institution’s first day of classes back in 1871. The two ceremonies in Kolf Sports Center included the conferring of nearly 100 associate, more than 750 bachelor’s, about 180 master’s and five doctoral degrees.
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Trending Topics: History and significance of Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration of Latin American heritage that takes place on the anniversary of Mexico’s difficult victory over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. However, many Americans do not know the history of Cinco de Mayo, incorrectly assuming it is Mexican Independence Day (a celebration held annually on Sept. 16). In this video, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh anthropology professor Pete Brown explains the story of Cinco de Mayo and its significance in Latin American culture.
Video transcript:
Pete Brown: “Cinco de Mayo represents what they call the Battle of Puebla. This is back in 1862. Then-Mexican president Benito Juarez defaulted on his loans; and France, Great Britain and Spain got together and decided that they were going to invade Mexico. So the three of them landed in Mexico, took some coastal cities and then that alliance fell apart. Great Britain and Spain went home, and France, this was under Napoleon the Third, decided that he wanted Mexico so he sent his army advancing. They got up to Puebla and they thought they could take the town, but the Mexican army entrenched themselves and there they fought a battle and the Mexican army won! And so that was on Cinco de Mayo 1862. But honestly, in Mexico, the Battle of Puebla is not a big deal, and Cinco de Mayo is not a big deal. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated much more in the United States. Cinco de Mayo has become, well, one of the analogies is: like St. Patrick’s Day is for the Irish, Cinco de Mayo is that day for anyone of Latin American ancestry.”
Trending Topics: Earth Day’s historical roots in Wisconsin
Earth Day, a worldwide event held annually on April 22, promotes and celebrates environmental protection. Environmental studies program director Jim Feldman sat down with us to chat about Earth Day and its historical connection to Wisconsin politics.
Video transcript:
Jim Feldman: “Earth Day is a little different today, I think, than it used to be. It started in 1970. It was the first one. The founder, the leader of the movement at the time was Gaylord Nelson, who was a Wisconsin senator. Gaylord Nelson was from Clear Lake, Wisconsin, and his entire political career he’d been a champion for conservation and for environmental issues. And he was in Washington D.C. as the senator. There were a series of environmental crises taking place amidst a context of all sorts of other social unrest of the late 1960s, early 1970s, and he and some staffers proposed the idea of a teach-in on college campuses around the country and began organizing for those, and it created one of the most successful protests in American history.”
UWO students showcase work at Research in the Rotunda
The rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol was brimming Wednesday with college students eager to show off their research to university officials and legislators—and explain how that research can make an impact.
More than 100 student researchers from four- and two-year University of Wisconsin campuses took part in the 15th annual event—including eight from UW Oshkosh.
UW Oshkosh biology professor Sabrina Mueller-Spitz, who was on hand with student research author Samantha Nixon, a senior majoring in chemistry, and co-author Konrad Fondrie, a senior biology major, said the event at the Capitol provides a great opportunity for her students to talk about the research process and “explain the science.”
Nixon, a senior from Wadsworth, Illinois, whose research involved a biodigester facility, said she is deciding between a few chemical production assistant job offers or whether to begin graduate school for pharmaceutical sciences.
Sheena Gilbert, a UWO senior criminal justice student, said her research and data collection on gender bias helped her decide to continue working toward a doctorate. She will be packing up and heading west to Boise State University following commencement next month.
UWO senior Christopher Smith said he believes he was accepted into grad school because of his experimental economics project that analyzed consumer buying behavior. Smith is considering a career as a college professor.
Ray Cross, president of UW System, and Elizabeth Ambos, executive officer of the Council of Undergraduate Research, spoke about the impact of research extending beyond the classroom and campuses as students investigate real-life issues.
Alan Yeung, head of U.S. strategic initiatives for FoxConn, recalled his days as an undergraduate chemical engineering student during the 1980s at UW-Madison.
“You all represent the UW System talent pipeline that we need to tap into,” he told the young researchers.
UW Oshkosh students capped their day at the Capitol with a visit to the office of state Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, of the 54th Assembly District.
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Equal opportunity manager earns UWO’s June STAR award
Patricia Schrader, who works in Human Services, Equal Opportunity, Equity and Affirmative Action as a senior equal opportunity specialist, has been named the recipient of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh June 2022 STAR Award.
She was nominated by Sean Fay, director of Equal Opportunity, Equity and Affirmative Action:
“Since I started in October 2019, Patty has continued to go above and beyond to ensure our office is successful. During this time, Patty has worked to increase accessibility on campus by securing two adult changing tables, which I believe makes us the second in the state to have these as a public accommodation. She has also worked with others on campus to purchase an Action Track chair, an accessible UWO Go vehicle and to plan an accessibility tour.
“When COVID hit, our area faced several challenges that Patty helped us overcome. We needed to update our website and policies, which Patty was instrumental in helping with. The federal government also changed Title IX regulations during this time, which Patty took extra time to study and inform our Title IX Committee of changes we could be expecting with the new rules. She also chaired the search for our first full-time Title IX coordinator.
“She has also gone above and beyond by volunteering to serve on numerous committees, most recently as Co-Chair of the Gender Equity Committee for a two-year term, the LGBTQIA+ Education and Advocacy Council where she wrote part of the Report on Hiring and Retaining LGBTQIA+ Faculty and Staff, and recently joined the University Staff Senate as a senator and is now the treasurer.
“Finally, Patty has provided significant institutional knowledge, which has helped our area as there have been many changes in recent years. This stability has allowed us to continue to make progress in our goals and objectives.
“Patty could easily come in everyday, file paperwork and go home but instead had dedicated herself to ensuring the University is a more equitable and accessible place. She is also delightful to work with and is a tremendous asset to UW Oshkosh.”
Titans pile up All-America track and field performances at NCAA outdoor championships
Caleb Cornelius and Eli Tranel registered fourth-place measurements as the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh totaled eight All-America performances at the 48th NCAA Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships that concluded three consecutive days of competition Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Cornelius, a freshman, earned his first All-America award with a career-best height of 6-9 3/4. He entered the high jump competition seeded 13th.
Kyle Rollins of St. John Fisher College (New York) won the high jump title at this year’s championships with a leap of 7-1.
Tranel, a junior, measured a height of 16-4 3/4 to acquire his first outdoor All-America citation.
Luke Srsic of Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the pole vault title at this year’s championships with a measurement of 16-8 3/4.
UW Oshkosh had two All-Americans in the 100-meter dash as seniors Robert Ogbuli finished fifth and Aaron McCarroll-Richardson eighth with times of 10.60 and 10.66 seconds, respectively. It was the first outdoor All-America award in the event for both sprinters.
UW-La Crosse’s Sam Blaskowski won the 100-meter dash at this year’s championships with a time of 10.40 seconds.
McCarroll-Richardson and Ogbuli previously earned outdoor All-America recognition by helping UWO place fourth at the 2019 and second at the 2021 championships in the 400-meter relay.
UWO seniors Jackson Sheckler and Jonathan Wilburn picked up their third career outdoor All-America awards with their efforts in the shot put and triple jump, respectively.
Sheckler finished sixth in the shot put with a throw of 54-1 3/4 after placing third in the event at 2021 championships and sixth in 2019.
Joseph White of Carthage College won the shot put at this year’s championships with a distance of 58-6 3/4.
Wilburn ranked eighth in the triple jump with a skip of 48-5 1/2 after finishing second in the event at the 2019 championships and fourth in 2021. He entered this year’s competition as the 17th seed.
Illinois College’s Will Rose claimed the triple jump title at this year’s championships with a mark of 50-2 3/4.
UWO senior Steven Potter finished eighth in the 1,500-meter run at this year’s championships with a time of 3:49.03. It was the second outdoor All-America award for Potter, who placed fourth in the 800-meter run at 2021 championships.
UW-Eau Claire’s Sam Verkere ran to the 1,500-meter title at this year’s meet with a time of 3:45.96.
Freshman Londyn Little, sophomore Rashaad Henderson, junior Bo Koehn and senior Amitai Wheat helped UWO pick up its final All-America award at this year’s championships with their seventh-place time of 3:13.50 in the 1,600-meter relay. It was the Titans’ first All-America performance in the event since 2015.
University of Mount Union (Ohio) won the 1,600-meter relay at this year’s championships with a time of 3:09.44.
UWO additionally received ninth-place finishes at the 2022 Division III Championships from Potter in the 800-meter run, junior Jaylen Grant in the 100-meter dash, senior Nick Tegtmeier in the shot put and the 400-meter relay team of Ogbuli, Grant, McCarroll-Richardson and sophomore Joseph Kean.
Potter and Grant registered times of 1:51.93 and 10.74 seconds, respectively, while Tegtmeier posted a measurement of 53-2 1/4. UWO’s 400-meter relay group of Grant, Kean, McCarroll-Richardson and Ogbuli advanced to the final but didn’t finish the All-America race.
This year’s championships featured 22 entrants in each of the 19 individual events and 16 contestants in both two relays. The top-eight finishers in each event earned All-America honors.
UWO finished 10th in the team standings with 22 points. The 2009 Division III outdoor champion Titans have now scored five or more points at each of the past 28 NCAA outdoor meets.
UW-Eau Claire scored 73 points at this year’s championships to win its second Division III outdoor title. John Carroll University (Ohio) placed second to the Blugolds with 48 points while Massachusetts Institute of Technology finished third with 40, UW-La Crosse fourth with 32 and both Rowan University (New Jersey) and defending champion Wartburg College (Iowa) fifth with 30.
A total of 80 teams scored points at this year’s meet.
Demco runs to pair of All-America awards
Alexandria Demco ran to a pair of All-America performances for the second consecutive year to pace UWO at the 40th NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships that concluded three consecutive days of competition Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Demco, UWO’s lone All-American at this year’s championships, finished fourth in the 1,500- and seventh in the 800-meter runs with times of 4:30.39 and 2:09.35, respectively. Demco’s time in the 800-meter run was a season best.
Esther Seeland of Messiah College (Pennsylvania) won both the 800- and 1,500-meter runs at with times of 2:04.68 and 4:27.71, respectively.
Demco placed fifth in the 1,500-meter run and sixth in the 800-meter race at last year’s championships.
UWO was also represented at this year’s championships by senior Ashton Keene and junior Katie Fruth.
Keene finished 12th in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 37:00.77 and 19th in the 5,000-meter race with an effort of 18:07.52.
Ari Marks of Wellesley College (Massachusetts) won both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs with times of 16:08.90 and 34:50.55, respectively.
Fruth placed 12th in the shot put with a measurement of 45-0 1/2.
UW-Platteville’s Brianna Leahy won the shot put competition with a throw of 51-1 1/4.
This year’s championships featured 22 entrants in each of the 19 individual events and 16 contestants in both two relays. The top-eight finishers in each event earned All-America honors.
UWO finished 41st in this year’s team standings with seven points, all by Demco.
Dan Kugler, former COB Insurance and Risk Management Program director, dies at 68
Dan Kugler, the former director of the Insurance and Risk Management Program in the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s College of Business, died May 12. He was 68.
Kugler earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from UW Oshkosh in 1976. He later earned a master’s degree from Loyola University and worked at Snap-on Tools for 35 years, retiring as assistant treasurer of risk management. Working for the University from 2014 to 2016, he initiated the formation of the Risk and Insurance Management Program and taught various risk management courses. He also taught at Concordia University of Wisconsin, Butler University and the Risk Management Insurance Society.
His obituary points out that he had a “true passion for his field and taught enthusiastically and endlessly.” It also notes that he was recruited and became the vice president of Enterprise Risk Management at REV Group.
He is survived by his wife, Margie; children Caitlin (Jordan), Lauren, Leigh, and Jack (Mallory); grandchildren Kali, Fletcher and Cashel; and special buddies Nolan and Carter Schovain. He is further survived by his siblings; nieces; nephews; other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Kenosha. Visitation is at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the noon memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church or Every Child’s Place in Kenosha.
UWO diversity officer part of panel addressing violence against women and girls in and through sports
Alicia Johnson, interim diversity officer and director of the Women’s Center at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, served as a panelist during a Monday symposium on addressing violence against women and girls in and through sports.
The event, titled Victory over Violence: Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in and through Sports, was held in New Canaan, Connecticut and hosted by UN Women, Grace Farms Foundation and the No More Foundation.
Alicia Johnson
Johnson, who took over as interim diversity officer last week after the departure of Damira Grady, was part of the panel for a session called Comprehensive Essential Services and Support for Survivors and moderated by Global Rights for Women executive director Cheryl Thomas.
“It was incredible to be in the same space as individuals leading global efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls,” Johnson said. “My experience co-leading prevention efforts at UWO paired with my scholarly background in gender and sports positioned me to be a bridge between general prevention efforts and sport. Everyone in attendance agreed that it is urgent for the forum be a starting point, not a stopping point, for the conversation.”
The overall objective of the event is to bring together survivors, practitioners, national and international experts to build an understanding of violence against women and girls in sports; share promising practices and lessons learned on prevention of this violence and response in and through sports; strengthen partnerships and leverage the sports platforms to end this violence; and set recommendations and calls for action for sports-related institutions and actors to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls in and through sports.
UWO joins UW Extended Campus in offering coding and data analytics boot camps
People with coding and data analytics skills are in high demand in Wisconsin. The outlook for web developers alone in the state is projected to grow by 9.1% through 2028 — well above the average demand for other positions. Now more than ever, adult learners are turning to universities to get the training they need in the modern digital economy.
UW Extended Campus has offered successful boot camps in both coding and data analytics since 2019 and is announcing an expansion of its partnership. UW Oshkosh, UW-Green Bay, UW-Stout, and UW-Madison have joined UW Extended Campus in collaboratively offering both innovative programs, with UW-Milwaukee as an additional coding boot camp partner.
With nearly 200 graduates to date, this collaboration will expand the reach of these boot camp offerings across the University of Wisconsin System and help meet growing workforce needs.
Learners in the Coding Boot Camp will develop a variety of key skills for front- and back-end web development including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Express.js, React.js, Node.js, progressive web apps, agile methodology, computer science, database theory, MongoDB, MySQL, Git and more.
The Data Analytics Boot Camp focuses on developing learners’ skills in fundamental statistics, Python programming, MySQL, Tableau, Hadoop, machine learning, as well as web visualization skills in areas such as Bootstrap, CSS, HTML and Leaflet.js.
Both boot camps are offered online over the course of 24 weeks. Learners work individually and with teams to apply skills to real-world projects. Those projects can be used as a portfolio to showcase their knowledge to potential employers.
Students benefit from additional support both inside and outside of the virtual classroom through a network of instructors, tutors and peers as well as a dedicated career director to assist in developing soft skills and professional materials. Together, students map a career path that blends existing experience with the skills they obtain through the boot camp and work to achieve career milestones and become employer competitive. Graduates also gain access to a network of industry partners and program alumni to help further their professional success.
The boot camps are powered by Trilogy Education Services, a 2U Inc. brand.
Students interested in enrolling in either the Coding Boot Camp or the Data Analytics Boot Camp can call (414) 316-6526 or head online to learn more and get started.
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