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Fond du Lac campus’ Prairie Theatre hosts ‘Christmas Truce’ production

Fond du Lac campus’ Prairie Theatre hosts ‘Christmas Truce’ production

Live theater has returned to the Fond du Lac campus of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 continues through Friday at the Prairie Theatre, 400 University Drive. The production recounts a stunning moment in WWI history when Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas together. The story is told with words of poets, official war documents, diary entries and letters written by more than 30 soldiers. Learn more

FDL production of All is Calm Nov. 30, 2021

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UWO playwright Kalinoski’s new ‘A Bear in Winter’ runs through Nov. 21

UWO playwright Kalinoski’s new ‘A Bear in Winter’ runs through Nov. 21

A Bear in Winter, a new play by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh playwright Richard Kalinoski, runs through Nov. 21 at the Theatre Arts Center, 1010 Algoma Blvd. on the Oshkosh campus.

The play explores the struggle of Pete Angelini, a small college football coach who loses his way after he is suddenly fired six years after a championship season. Pete’s mother, Katherine, an elderly woman and former athlete, is a source of solace for Pete but over time Katherine is stricken with dementia. Pete is confronted with devastating solitude—mitigated by a vexing but charming interloper and later, an unlikely new friend. A two act play leads quietly towards a story of love discovered and identity restored.

Find more information and tickets online.

 

A Bear In Winter rehearsal. Nov. 10, 2021

Reflections of Vietnam highlights UWO Veterans Week

Reflections of Vietnam highlights UWO Veterans Week

The history of the Vietnam War was brought to life inside the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Reeve Union with one of the largest collections of Vietnam War artifacts in the Midwest. Area service members with the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 351 of Appleton brought the large exhibit, shared personal stories of service and answered questions during the Veterans Day event Nov. 11.

Other Veterans Week activities at UWO included a student veteran panel discussion; a project inviting members of the campus community to write encouraging and thankful notes to veterans; and the naming of two veterans of the game, Jessica Williams and Thomas Wolf, who were honored at halftime of the UWO-River Falls football matchup Saturday at Titan Stadium.

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UWO alumna shares poetry on campus as Wisconsin’s Poet Laureate

UWO alumna shares poetry on campus as Wisconsin’s Poet Laureate

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus was treated to thoughts of love, loss and lipstick, during a poetry reading Wednesday by Wisconsin Poet Laureate and alumna Karla Huston ’94 and ’03 MA.

At the event hosted by UWO’s Department of English, Huston read 16 poems from three of her poetry collections, including her most recently published chapbook, The Theory of Lipstick:

 

Morgan Frost, a senior at UW Oshkosh, introduced Huston to the lecture hall of students and faculty. Frost first learned of Huston’s work in her Poetry I class and was struck by the honesty and sass with which she wrote. She described Huston’s voice in her poetry as “the cool aunt that you take road trips and jam to music with.”

As a poet herself, Frost was inspired by the topics Huston touches on in her poetry.

Huston tackles a range of subjects, often focusing on women’s issues as well as universal topics like love, death, and nature. Her writing is inspired by her own life as well as the writing of others.

Following the reading of her poems, Huston offered listeners insight into her writing process.

“My poems rarely come out fully formed,” Huston said. “They need agonizing edits and by the time they are ready to be published, I have 16-17 drafts of each poem.”

Huston’s most popular poem, The Theory of Lipstick was no different, subject to multiple years of edits. “Time is the best ally,” Huston said. “You have to walk away from your work sometimes because edits take a while to realize.”

The poem was reworked and refigured multiple times before being published in its final form:

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red …
                                                           Shakespeare

Pot rouge, rouge pot, glosser, lip plumper, bee
stung devil’s candy and painted porcelain
Fire and Ice, a vermillion bullet,
dangerous beauty lipstick, carmine death rub, history
of henna. Fact: more men get lip cancer

because they don’t wear lipstick or butter,
jumble of a luminous palette with brush made
to outlast, last long, kiss off, you ruby busser,
your gilded rose bud bluster is weapon and wine.
QE’s blend: cochineal mixed with egg, gum Arabic

and fig milk–alizarin crimson and lead–poison
to men who kiss women wearing lipstick, once illegal
and loathsome – then cherry jellybean licked and smeared,
then balm gloss crayon, a cocktail of the mouth
happy hour lip-o-hito, lip-arita, with pout-fashioned chaser

made from fruit pigment and raspberry cream,
a lux of shimmer-shine, lipstick glimmer, duo
in satin-lined pouch, Clara Bow glow: city brilliant
and country chick — sparkling, sensual, silks
and sangria stains, those radiant tints and beeswax liberty—

oh, kiss me now, oh, double agents of beauty
slip me essential pencils in various shades
of nude and pearl and suede, oh, bombshell lipstick,
sinner and saint, venom and lotsa sugar, lip sweet,
pucker up gelato: every pink signal is a warning.

For aspiring writers, Huston advised that reading the work of others and writing often is the best way to improve.

“You need to write to please yourself first,” Huston said. “If you feel like you must write, then you should.”

As the Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Huston travels the state to spread her love of poetry and writing. She hosts readings at schools, libraries, coffee shops, and bookstores as well as participating in the Memory Cafe program that brings the arts to patients with memory loss.

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Service learning in Jamaica

Service learning in Jamaica

Twenty UW Oshkosh students from the UW Oshkosh College of Business and College of Letters and Science stayed with local families to experience real life and engage in conversations with community leaders and business people—much more than a simple tour of the countryside.

Three UW Oshkosh students recognized with April I-RISE Awards

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh College of Letters and Science Equity, Diversity and Inclusive Climate (EDIC) committee has named three students as the winners of the I-RISE Awards for the month of April.

The winners are:

  • Sara Clay, a first-year student studying electrical engineering technology from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
  • Tracy Schabel, a first-year student from Fond du Lac pursuing an associate degree on the Fond du Lac campus
  • Jocelyn Tapia, a junior physical education major from Oshkosh

The monthly I-RISE Awards—named for resilience, inspiration, strength and excellence—applaud UW Oshkosh students who have demonstrated resilience in the face of adversity, yet continue to advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion on the Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and Fox Cities campuses.

Do you know a student who has overcome adversity and continues to advocate for a more equitable and inclusive campus environment? The EDIC committee is now accepting nominations for May. Submit your nomination (using your UWO email address) by 5 p.m. May 20.

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Get to know UW System’s new President Jay O. Rothman

The University of Wisconsin System began introducing incoming President Jay O. Rothman this week through a series of interviews hosted by Peggy Breister, chief communications officer with UW Oshkosh’s University Marketing and Communications.

Rothman, chairman and CEO of the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP in Milwaukee, begins work in his new role June 1.

Check back throughout the week as more interview segments are published:

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

Part 4

Part 5


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UWO thanks donors for supporting its students

Today’s students face rising living expenses and other financial challenges. More and more, they rely on scholarships to continue their education. Thanks to our donors’ support, we’ve awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships and awards during the 2021-22 academic year.

The impact that these scholarships and awards have had on our students is vast and long-lasting. None of this could have happened without the generosity of our donors.

We are excited to share this message from Chancellor Andrew Leavitt and a few of our award recipients.

 

Dean of Students office manager earns May STAR award

Lindsey DeVries, who works in the Dean of Students Office and Accessibility Center at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh as an office manager, has been named the recipient of the May 2022 STAR Award.

She was nominated by Kiersten Karlsen, associate dean of students:

“Lindsey is there for students. She is often the first contact when a student comes into the Dean of Students Office and Accessibility Center. She is not only caring and supportive in her approach but also has a keen sense of how to best triage student care. She goes the extra mile to find the best resource for students’ individual circumstances and in many cases will walk the student directly to the source to ensure contact is made. We are confident that in the absence of staff members in our department, Lindsey would rise to the occasion and manage the situation while effectively meeting a student’s specific needs whatever the circumstance. Lindsey goes above and beyond by doing extra, following up with students and ensuring follow up from others in the office so that not a single student is left without the utmost care.

“When a new project surfaces for the Dean of Students Office or the Accessibility Center, Lindsey is the first to volunteer no matter whether it is a part of her job description. Specifically, Lindsey has managed COVID compliance coordination through our office, has coordinated a new mentor for first-year and transfer students’ program and wrote the Campus Clery Report when there was no one else available to do it. This year, she is helping to manage the implementation of a new database management system for the Accessibility Center.

“Lindsey upholds University values, especially in the area of equity. She works to identify areas of inequity in processes within our office and makes sure to uplift the voices of students who may not feel heard or that they have a platform from which to speak. Lindsey trained to be an equity coordinator, has served on countless search and screen committees, and participated in the CETL program, specifically focused on equity, mental health and well-being, and support of first- and second- year students.

“Lindsey is a great candidate for the STAR Award as there is no limit to above and beyond in her work and chosen roles as a student and staff advocate and supporter.”

Fox Cities campus staff members honored as 2021-22 White Award winners

Nominated by their colleagues, two staff members from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Fox Cities campus have been selected as 2021-22 White Award winners.

The Marilee White and Larry D. White awards have recognized outstanding employees annually at the campus since 2000. Marilee White was a former lecturer in English, and Larry White formerly was a political science professor.

Anthropology Lecturer Brett Hoffman received the Marilee White Instructional Academic Staff award. Library Assistant Becky Durbin is the Larry White University Staff award winner.

Hoffman’s nomination spoke of his work with students and colleagues:

Brett has been working to reinvigorate the anthropology department. He has been working with a student to advise her on a project to update and revise the anthropology display case in the library. The case has been half empty and contained labels from coursework from during the UWC time. He has been working with the student to allow her to take the lead on developing new signage, researching and finding new specimens to put on display. This is a great opportunity for the student. Brett also has worked hard during the pandemic to teach in multiple modalities and on multiple campuses. He has also stepped up in leadership positions on the Fox Cities campus and is a newly elected academic staff senator representing IAS on the Fox Cities campus. Brett has been an asset on the steering committee and a joy to work with.

Durbin’s nomination spoke of her sincere efforts to assist students:

Becky has gone above and beyond since the pandemic began to help our students feel safe and welcome in the library. This included creating engaging and diverse displays, implementing strict cleaning procedures to keep the library open and safe and making sure that she knows students’ names so they have a personal interaction. In uncertain times she has been a stable and friendly support for students that often needed extra help. She has also gone the extra mile to ensure that students with testing accommodations have the supports they need to be successful.

Both winners will receive an award from the UWO Fox Cities Foundation. The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region holds the investment provided by the Whites.

“Best wishes and congratulations to these two worthy award winners,” said Martin Rudd, assistant chancellor for access campuses, who extended his thanks to the steering committee that received and reviewed nominations.

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