November 30, 2018 at 4:18 p.m.
Miazga receives Distinguished Alumni Award from UW-Oshkosh
Miazga receives Distinguished Alumni Award from UW-Oshkosh
Miazga, a former UWO football student-athlete, graduated in 1974 with a bachelor of science in secondary education/physical education, according to an UW-Oshkosh press release.
"He returned to Rhinelander after graduation and began working with his father's wholesale beer and liquor distribution business, a company he worked at for many summers while growing up," the release states. "Using the skills he learned as a student at UWO, Miazga dove head first into learning all aspects of the business and wearing as many hats as possible. He and his wife, Jean, became great advocates as well as generous financial supporters of UW Oshkosh. He has been a major sponsor for the UWO football golf outing for 18 years. He also has supported the UWO Final Four Party, and the Jim Miazga Leadership Scholarship is given out each spring."
"I am thankful for the great professors at UWO who taught me many of the skills I used as I progressed through my career," Miazga said in UW Oshkosh Today article on the honor. "The foundation that the university gave to me helped me to learn commitment, discipline, how to work hard and how to follow through with the work I had to complete."
As the company expanded - and covered most of northern Wisconsin - Miazga never forgot about UW Oshkosh or the Titan football program, the article states.
The Miazgas' generosity has extended beyond Oshkosh and includes the School District of Rhinelander's environmental education programs at Treehaven for children, updates to the high school auditorium, a new media center and remodel of the high school gymnasium, which was renamed in Jim's honor in 2011.
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