Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Youth Programming, Capacity Building, Juvenile/Adult Justice System
Description : We are enthused about the opportunity presented by The Douglas County Commissioners Office, Operation Youth Success, and the Absentee Task Force to catalogue and profile existing community-based services that are available to provide support and assistance to students who are experiencing barriers to regular and consistent attendance in school. This evaluation of the Douglas County system currently responding to chronic absenteeism will include the identification of opportunities and barriers to these community-based services. The effort will also inform decisions of Operation Youth Success in its collective impact efforts to prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 191
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Gerontology
Description : Royale Oaks is an Assisted Living program through Midwest Geriatrics, Inc., which provides quality healthcare services to seniors in the Omaha, Nebraska area. UNO students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course will work alongside residents of Royale Oaks to plan and host a Fall Bash party. Students will build relationships with residents and gain insight on activities the residents would be interested in that they may not typically participate in. Students will then work with residents on activities such as art projects to create party décor, selection of music, games and activities. The final Fall Ball will be held mid to late November.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 75
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 900
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 75
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 675
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from the Arnold Society of ROTC will work with Millard High School Junior ROTC cadets to provide an introduction to the UNO ROTC program, mentorship and a visit to campus. The campus visits will be to demonstrate followership and leadership opportunities for MSHS juniors and seniors. Freshmen and sophomores will also collaborate on two activities at Together Inc. While there students will work on reorganizing the pantry at Together Inc. and preparing garden beds for the organization's community garden.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 8
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 176
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 86
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 258
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from ROTC work together with Millard South JROTC on leadership and mentoring high school students in order to promote joining ROTC in college and finding UNO as a place they can be. UNO students meet with Millard Students in two interactions to facilitate a relationship and work together to plan a service project with the Hunger Collaborative. UNO ROTC host a mentorship day which they planned and executed. Once the service is completed, the Millard South students will also be in charge of running the service project at the February annual drill meet to utilize their new leadership skills.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 26
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 390
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Refugees, Literacy
Description : Creating resource guide for Refugee Taskforce - including lit review, best practices etc. for a refugee resource booklet. Online students at UNK will focus on rural areas whereas UNO students on Omaha
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 2
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 40
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Traditional SOWK8950 CPACS Research Methods Clinical Prc
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 375
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Traditional 8190 005 T 1:00-3:40PM SOWK Public Affairs & Community Service Ressearch & Computer Applications
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 132
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 4
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 32
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : Reality Bites brings together students from UNO and Blackburn to learn about positive reinforcement and behavior modifications (BB) and provide similar experiential learning and data collection practice for UNO students. The Nebraska Humane Society benefits from this project because it provides valuable enrichment for animals in its care, works to make animals more adoptable, and furthers its mission of humane education to the general public.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 121
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 40
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 630
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : Ali Buttner's PSYCH 4024 class (Lab in Psychology: Learning) partnered with Jennifer Noelle's high school Psychology class from Blackburn Alternative Program to provide enrichment and training for dogs at the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS). The UNO & BB students worked together to design and execute training plans for the dogs and collect data for UNO psychology studies. The students met at NHS 5 times to work with the dogs and had a final celebration at UNO to discuss their findings and share their experiences.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 16
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 24
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 10
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 15
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : UNO students from Professor Okhamafe's Autobio Reading & Writing class partnered with students from Peter Kiewitt Middle School to read together Middle School: Get Me Out of Here by James Patterson. During the first session, students met to partake in activities and discussions based on the chapters they had previously read with lunch and a campus tour provided. On the second session, they welcomed their new community partners who where residents at the Marquis Place. They once again participated in book discussions and a bucket list activity where partners either shared what is still pending on their bucket list or what they have already accomplished.