Shane Nyman

Dec 12, 2023 | uwosh.edu | Shane Nyman

A lifelong love of reading led Kallena Pluemer to spend her final weeks at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh organizing a book drive. The Platteville native and senior accounting major grew up in a home full of books and came from six generations of educators. She remembers the book store being her favorite place to shop as a child, and she’s both worked and volunteered at her local library.

Dec 6, 2023 | uwosh.edu | Shane Nyman

For six University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students, it was a Thanksgiving break they’ll remember forever. Last month the small group traveled from Oshkosh to Germany to represent UW Oshkosh at a National Model United Nations conference. Held Nov. 19-25 in Erfurt, Germany, it marked the first international trip in the more than 50-year history of UWO’s Model UN program.

Nov 30, 2023 | uwosh.edu | Shane Nyman

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh volleyball team’s remarkable season came to an end late Wednesday, with the Titans losing their NCAA tournament quarterfinal match to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in Claremont, California. The defeat in the Elite Eight put an end to a 2023 campaign that will be remembered for the piling up of wins, records and accolades for UW Oshkosh players and coaches.

Nov 29, 2023 | uwosh.edu | Shane Nyman

The results of a research project by a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh assistant professor on racial disparities in Outagamie County policing will be discussed at a public event this week in Appleton. Addressing Front-End System Inequities To Promote Change is one of 25 projects that make up the 2023 cohort of the Catalyst Grant Program, a collaboration from the Urban Institute and the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative.

Nov 28, 2023 | uwosh.edu | Shane Nyman

Elizabeth Ahnert calls it “one of those universe-coming-together moments.”After graduating in 2019 from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh with a degree in political science, Ahnert tried out a few different career paths. She spent almost a year at a credit union. She was a legislative assistant in Madison. Neither of these turned out to be jobs she felt passionate about. Two years into her professional career, she felt lost.