University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus
The University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus was a branch campus of the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in Menasha, Wisconsin. A member of the University of Wisconsin System, the campus was located on a campus in Menasha. It was established in 1933 and closed in 2025 as part of a larger cut in regional campuses throughout the University of Wisconsin System. Prior to its merger with the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 2018, the campus was a member of the University of Wisconsin Colleges.
Campus
The former Fox Cities Campus is home to the Barlow Planetarium, a facility with a Digistar II 3-D projector, and the Weis Earth Science Museum, the official state mineralogical museum of Wisconsin. The $14 million Communication Arts Center was opened in 2009. The building was the first LEED-certified academic building in the University of Wisconsin System.
Academics
The campus offered courses to begin any one of over 250 academic majors, leading to either an associate's degree with emphases in 25 areas, or the Guaranteed Transfer Program, under which students are guaranteed admission to a four-year UW campus of their choice if they met certain academic requirements. The Fox Cities campus also collaborated with other UW schools to offer bachelor's degrees.
Athletics
The Fox Cities Campus sponsored teams in women's volleyball, men's basketball, golf, tennis, and soccer as a member of the independent Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Its campus mascot was the cyclone and the campus colors were gold, black and white. Prior to becoming a branch campus of UW–Oshkosh, the teams used maroon and black as their primary colors.