University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (in Oshkosh, Wisconsin) is the largest of the eleven comprehensive baccalaureate-granting institutions of the University of Wisconsin System, and the third-largest university in Wisconsin.
History
In 1871 the university began as Oshkosh State Normal School. The university was Wisconsin's third teacher-training school. Oshkosh Normal began the first state normal school in the United States to have a kindergarten.From 1927 to 1951 the university was called Oshkosh State Teachers College. The university was called Wisconsin State College Oshkosh from 1951 to 1964 and Wisconsin State University Oshkosh from 1964 to 1971.
Today, it offers seven baccalaureate and seven masters degrees in 48 programs spanning four colleges. The college is widely known to be strong in nursing, business, teaching, and fine arts. Enrollment in the fall of 2002 was 11,245.
Sports
The recent Titan baseball program has frequently been in the Division III World Series. There have been 8 baseball players to play in Major League Baseball.The school's gymnastics program also won multiple NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II-III and NAIA National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men's gymnastics championships before the sport was dropped at small-college levels.
Both Men's and Women's track teams are quite successful. The women have won an unprecendented 7 national titles in Division III Outdoor Track and Field while the men consistently place in the top 10 teams in the nation.
Student media
The school's newspaper is the Advance-Titan, and it owns a radio station, WRST-FM 90.3, with the call letters standing for "Radio Station of the Titans." The station carries Wisconsin Public Radio and student programming.The school's student-media outlets are known across the country for producing young sports writing and broadcasting talent. Titan TV was - for a while - the only NCAA Division III school to telecast all home football and men's and women's basketball games complete with live pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows.
Among the notable alumni who studided Radio/TV & Film at Oshkosh are Doug Russell of Sporting News Radio and Dan Needles, popular sports director of a Milwaukee television station.
Notable Alumni
Business
- Craig Culver (1973), president and cofounder of Culver's
Nursing
Radio/TV/Film
- Kristofor Brown, Hollywood writer/producer/voice actor (Beavis and Butthead, The Tom Green Show)
- Doug Russell (1995), American radio personality
- Mike Draeger (2002), Television Director
Science
Sports
- Jim Gantner (attended until 1974), Milwaukee Brewers second baseman
- Jack Taschner, current Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Gary Varsho (attended until 1982), former Major League Baseball outfielder for 8 years
- Jarrod Washburn (attended until 1995), current Major League Baseball pitcher
Teaching
- Clark Byse (1935), retired Harvard Law School professor and possible inspiration for the character Professor Charles Kingsfield in the novel The Paper Chase
Technology
- Brian Paul (1990), programmer of the Mesa 3D graphics library.
Other
External links
- [The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Official Site]
- [Baseball-Reference.com list of MLB players]
- [Alumni Points of Pride]
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