Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 308
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO Social Work 8220 students will work with members of the Circle of Friends group from Omaha Northwest High Magnet School. UNO students will develop active listening and rapport-building skills while helping Circle of Friends members create personal goals with objectives, learn new skills, and adapt in social situations. The goal is to allow graduate social work students to learn clinical skills and Circle of Friends members to learn skills to utilize during and after high school.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 16
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 464
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Mental Health
Description : Students will produce several administrative and media projects related to community-based mental health. They will also learn basic intervention, assessment, and social support skills in relation to persons with a severe and persistent mental illness. At the end of the semester, students will present research findings and products to the ACT team.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 30
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring, Gerontology
Description : Graduate students from UNO Instructor Tami Williams’ Educational Leadership course partnered with Ms. Danielle Elsassr’s 3rd grade students from Black Elk Elementary and Royale Oaks Assisted Living Center. This project allowed the elementary students to foster intergenerational relationships between themselves and their senior buddies through their creation of poetry and art. UNO students benefited by the gained experience of supervising a community partnership and learning about the importance of engaging their future students with opportunities outside the classroom.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 32
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 512
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Students will work in partnership with students from Dr. Garcia's Advanced Spanish course to develop materials to be shared at a community health awareness event that will focus on 5 identified conditions.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 154
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : UNO students in Dr. Mitzi Ritzman’s Early Language Development course (SPED 4420) made home visits with LCC Navigators to families that the Learning Community Center of South Omaha (LCC) serves. Students came uo work with small children, with a fop with individualized interaction plans tcus on language and literacy, and shared the information and resources with the families. LCC’s educational navigators worked closely with UNO students on home visits. The UNO students were able to apply their knowledge and skills they learned in the class about developmental milestones and literacy with language components. They shared their home visit experiences at the final celebration.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 1,276
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Youth Programming
Description :
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 17
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 170
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education
Description :
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 37
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 1,665
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education
Description : Student teams design and build custom information systems solutions for small businesses and non-profits.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 90
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education
Description : IS&T ISQA 4130 Information Technology for Development TR 12:00pm-1:15pm
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 10
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : Other sections of US 2020 aside from 017 that worked with Northstar include 019, 020, 021, 022. Each had 10 students and each section contributed 140 hours, in addition to the contribution from section 017.