by News Bureau | Feb 26, 2021 | Alumni News, Features, Humanities
A celebration of the life of Patricia “Pat” Goetz, who in 2015 became the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s oldest graduate, will take place today on the UW Oshkosh campus. Goetz, 85, died Feb. 14. With a passion for writing, she earned her bachelor’s degree in...
by Shane Nyman | Feb 25, 2021 | Alumni News, Business, Features, Main Story, Social Science, Stories
A year and a half ago Kou and Sheng Lee Yang took a leap of faith. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumni and married couple had each spent about a decade following a traditional career path in northeast Wisconsin. Kou, a 2009 accounting grad, climbed from rung to...
by Natalie Johnson | Feb 22, 2021 | Campus Life, Education and Human Services, Features
In joining the professional counseling faculty, Teysha Bowser brings crucial expertise in racial battle fatigue and microaggressions to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh at a time when the nation faces ongoing social unrest. Bowser, who recently earned a doctorate...
by Laurie Schlosser | Feb 19, 2021 | Features, Headlines, Stories
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh took a few moments to show off its new COVID-19 vaccination center Friday as state leaders imagined a time beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and UW System President Tommy Thompson joined a small number of...
by Laurie Schlosser | Feb 19, 2021 | Alumni News, Features, Headlines, Humanities
A beloved student and classmate, and a local celebrity in 2015 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh at the age of 80, has died. Patricia “Pat” Anne Goetz, 85, passed away on Sunday on the feast of St. Valentine and “day of boundless love,”...
by Shane Nyman | Feb 16, 2021 | Athletics, Features, Stories
There isn’t a lot of wrestling on bare concrete for Husam and Wesam Alabed these days. The 23-year-old twin brothers first found both a love and talent for grappling as youngsters growing up in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Around the age of 10 they’d round up...
