by Natalie Johnson | Apr 26, 2010 | Class Notes and Obituaries
The UW Oshkosh Alumni Relations office has received the following death notices: ’30s Joe Perzentka, last year attended ’35, Oshkosh, Nov. 26, 2009 Anita Schwabenlander (EHS) ’35 and ’36, West Allis, April 14, 2010 ’40s Phyllis (Rosenberg) Backer (EHS) ’48 and ’68,...
by Contributor | Apr 22, 2010 | Headlines, Sustainability
The following was submitted by Stephen Kercher, associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh: It was raining April 21, 1970, and the students gathered in the Environmental Crisis Organization office in Clow Faculty were concerned that bad...
by Natalie Johnson | Apr 22, 2010 | Alumni News, Headlines, Sustainability
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumnus Dave Forman ’73, shares his memories of the loss of four UWO students and professor Jacob Shapiro, who died in a car accident while on their way to an Earth Day planning meeting in 1970. In commemoration of the 40th...
by News Bureau | Apr 21, 2010 | Headlines, Sustainability
Just in time for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh was recognized as a one of the country’s most green universities by both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and The Princeton Review. On April 19, the EPA released...
by Natalie Johnson | Apr 21, 2010 | Alumni News, Headlines
Two University of Wisconsin Oshkosh education alumni who received 2009 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year awards were honored on campus April 19. The College of Education and Human Services chapter of the UW Oshkosh Alumni Association, along with Student WEA, held a...