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: 7
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Mental Health, Health Awareness
Description : UNO students from Instructor Adam Weaver's Behavior Analysis and Interventions course will be matched with a school psychologist or behavior consultant, classroom teacher, and P-12 student from a school within the greater Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area. The UNO students will observe the P-12 students throughout the semester in order to practice observation and assessment techniques, view various antecedent and consequence strategies in action, and recommend or model changes to existing behavior support plans based on observations.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 261
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 53
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 26
Total Number of Other Participants:
8
Topics:
Employment and Workforce, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from Instructor Rita Shaughnessy's Fundamentals of Public Speaking course and League of Women Voters will host a workshop for young women from Omaha High Schools. The workshop will introduce them to the political process and possibly encourage them to run for office one day by inviting locally elected women officals to share their experiences and allowing the young women to practice developing a mock political campaign.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 200
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 14
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 56
Total Number of Other Participants:
2
Topics:
Waste, Gardens/Plantlife, Leadership and Mentoring, Climate and Sustainability
Description : Watch Me Grow is a collaboration between the UNO’s intensive language program (ILUNO) students taught by Linda Loftus and Holling Heights Elementary English Language Learners taught by Kim Brown. This project focuses on creating fluency, discussion, and mentorship between students, while learning and serving the community. This year’s topic is community beautification and environmental stewardship. Through partnerships with Keep Omaha Beautiful and FirstStar Fiber, students will learn about and practice this topic in the Omaha community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 21
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 89
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 22
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 38
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Disadvantaged Populations, Human Rights & Trafficking, Inequality, Civic and Political Engagement, Art, History
Description : Dr. Celinscak's history of Holocaust class will be meeting with students from Omaha North to discuss The Art of Samuel Bak. There is an exhibit coming to UNO featuring his paintings. They will break into small groups and discuss paintings focused on Holocaust, justice, and human rights. Omaha North students will be giving a tour of UNO's art gallery.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 23
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 1,058
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Self-Sufficiency, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from Professor Mariana Cruz’ Introduction to ESL course will work with families from the Learning Community Center (LCC) of South Omaha. The UNO students will be assigned a family to work with over the course of six weeks to build a trusting relationship. The students will prepare lessons and activities around topics of college readiness, including Financial Aid, scholarships, scheduling, advisors, and campus living, to familiarize families with the higher education system in the United States. Sessions held at the UNO Dodge and Scott Campuses will include student-lead campus tours for LCC families to experience a glimpse of campus life.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 24
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 684
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 6
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 336
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Holistic Wellness, Medical Services, Develop./Physical Disability
Description : UNO Social Work 1500 students will work with gifted and talented eighth grade students from Norris Middle School to plan the Sensory Festival for JP Lord School students and their families. UNO students will experience the field of social work and help the eighth graders learn cultural humility and how to work with students who have multiple disabilities. JP Lord School students will be able to attend a festival in which they may be stimulated while their parents receive information and resources.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 198
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
2
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, Literacy
Description : Students from Dr. Ritzman's Language Birth to Five class share stories with families as a part of the Prime Time Reading Program. Three students go to Girls Inc. to work with families on a Saturday during the semester.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 33
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 11
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 3
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Music/Dance
Description : College band students from Josh Kearney’s MUS 3610 partner up with a 6th grade students from Western Hills Elementary. Students learned marching band techniques taught by UNO students and built relationships with UNO students. The college students also get to develop their teaching skills during this interaction.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 48
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 2,736
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 202
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Freshmen UNO students from Dr. Stu Bernstein's ENGR1000, Interpersonal Skills for Engineering Leaders course will teach topics related to their coursework to fifth grade students from Field Club Elementary School on Wednesday evenings. Throughout the project, both UNO and Field Club students will reflect on the project, documenting their learnings to be compiled into a hard-cover book. Learnings will be shared with parents of Field Club students at a final celebration.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 4
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 88
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 27
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 270
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Clean Water/Water Management, Wildlife/Animal Welfare, Climate and Sustainability
Description : Students from Dr. Dana Richter-Egger's CHEM1180 course alongside Ms. Rachel Benzoni's AP/Honors Chemistry class from Northwest High School are parterned with Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo to test water quality at Wildlife Safari Park. Both student groups will meet at Wildlife Safari Park two times to sample and observe baseline water at multiple on-site ponds. Students will meet at UNO in November to discuss findings as they pertain to the project.