Academic departments across UW Oshkosh are adjusting to the loss of their department associates (DAs), who were either laid off or who voluntarily retired as the university works to correct its budget deficit. Before the retirements and layoffs, DAs were specifically assigned to departments at UWO to assist professors and students with a wide range.
UW Oshkosh’s Model United Nations (UN) provides international studies and political science students an opportunity to become a member of a nationally renowned and awarded academic group centered on international relations. Meg Traska, who became president of the academic team after three years of membership, she said that the team helps to develop important skills.
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said the United States’s support for Ukraine is needed to avoid the spread of Russia and its allies’ war to American territory. “We have responsibilities both here at home, as well as abroad, to ensure that Americans are safe,” Yovanovitch told students, staff and others at UW Oshkosh.