
Alumni

March 2023 Class Notes
Pictured above: ’83 Cheryl Neill (N), of Cedar Falls, Iowa, retired after a 40-year career in nursing and home health. Recently, Neill (left) visited former UWO nursing faculty member Dorothy Riley during a trip to Arizona. ’65 William “Bill” Gay (EHS), of Menomonee...
March 2023 Obituaries
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Alumni Relations Office has received the following death notices: '50s Janet (Trowbridge) Kottke (EHS) ’52, (EHS) ‘54, Waunakee, Jan. 15, 2023 Russell “Dutch” Van Straten (EHS) ’58, Appleton, Feb. 6, 2023 ‘60s Ronald Bittner (LS)...

Appleton educator and UWO alumna gets spotlight for ‘walking school bus’
Just when you think you’ve seen all the ways members of UW Oshkosh community can help make the world a better place—along comes 1999 grad Cathy Porter.

UWO alumnus credits Titans football with his coaching success in Prague
UW Oshkosh alumnus Zach Harrod ’04, serves as head coach of the Prague Lions, an American football team based in the Czech Republic.

February 2023 Class Notes
Pictured above: ’13 Mayur “Mo” Ranpara, pictured with his family, is the director of internal audit for Vita Coco in New York City. ’64 Michael Deiters (LS), of Oostburg, wrote and published his first novel, Rim Shot. The book, although fiction, is based on Deiters’...
February 2023 Obituaries
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Alumni Relations Office has received the following death notices: ‘50s Marianne (Mueller) Busse (LS) ’57, Oshkosh, Dec. 18, 2022 Sharon (Engerson) Radke (EHS) ’56, Appleton, Jan. 4, 2023 ‘60s Leland “Lee” Braunel (EHS) ’61,...

‘Black Resistance and Restorative Justice’: UW Oshkosh welcomes Black History Month
Today marks the first day of February and the first day of Black History Month. UW Oshkosh is celebrating the latter with a month worth of programming organized by the leaders and members of the African American Studies program, the Black Student Union and Academic Support of Inclusive Excellence.

‘UWO Now’ podcast: Talking business and tech with alumna Janet Tierney
Janet Tierney, who graduated from UWO with a degree in international studies, is a business strategy consultant with Tierney Grey.

New issue of Titan magazine highlights paths to student success at UWO
In the new issue of Titan magazine available online now, four UW Oshkosh students with different backgrounds, interests and aspirations share their paths to success.

‘Playing for each other’: Depth and trust helped UWO volleyball soar in ’22
Somewhere in the woods of Green Lake, the UWO women’s volleyball team laid the foundation for one of the program’s most successful seasons in years.