Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 382
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 140
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 140
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Social Work 1500 students meet weekly to support the planning, facilitating, marketing, research/surveys, and modalities to engage families for resource nights at Nelson Mandela Elementary School. UNO students engage the scholars (children) in social skills groups, activities for executive functioning, as well as STEM-focused after-school programming. The semester project will also include UNO students assisting with the Family Resource Night held in October and developing a resource brochure for the families of the scholars.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
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:
Self-Sufficiency, Capacity Building
Description : The goal of this evaluation is to assess the needs of the populations of Douglas and Sarpy counties related to services provided by the Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership (ENCAP), and to assist ENCAP to create new programs to help meet unmet needs. The evaluation will include a the development of a logic model, a review of existing data and literature on national trends, demographic analysis of the specified counties, qualitative analysis of interviews with key informants and focus groups, and recommendations for revisions to existing programs.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 45
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 10
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 25
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description : In this project the two groups worked together to gather coats for Lutheran Family Services. The groups decided to have a competition to see who could gather the most coats. They got together to make posters and then talk about the project. P-16 FLC Student Government.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 21
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 262
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 10
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 55
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Nathan Hale Middle School students and members from the Freshman Leadership Council continued their partnership from the Fall semester. The students decorated and delivered Valentine's Day cards to seniors at Immanuel Village Senior Living. The students also cleaned up a park.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 14
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 280
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 MUS4000 Communication, Fine Arts, and Media Special Studies in Music
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
18
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Description : Volunteers will be sorting and taking inventory of a large amount of donated books (approx. 8000).
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
14
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Description : Students will be helping to organize books and may require some heavy lifting to place books on shelves. We will also have students organize files by checking our database (AIMS) and filing in alphabetical order
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Description : Omaha Street School does not have regular janitorial service, and we rely on volunteers to help us clean the building. Volunteers will help clean bathrooms, mop floors, clean windows and empty garbage cans.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 2,652
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education
Description : TAGG was created to provide businesses a unique way to build loyalty and create marketing opportunities through giving back and supporting the local community. Build a web application that will streamline and track all donation requests in one place. This will be Phase 1 of the web application development
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
85
Topics:
Description : Did Russia win in Syria? Is the Two-State Solution dead? How did the Saudi move against Qatar change US foreign policy toward the Middle East? (9/28/2017)