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: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 150
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 4
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 160
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Leadership and Mentoring, Gerontology
Description : Food for Thought is a long-term service learning project that connects the culinary program at Blackburn with the senior programming at Adam's Park. Blackburn students along with UNO students will creat a weekly meal for the seniors at AP.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 110
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:
Early Childhood Education, Substance Abuse, Civic and Political Engagement
Description : UNO students will be working with group facilitators to co-facilitate and direct a parenting class group and a family group. UNO students will assist with infant/toddler care, school age kids club, and observing staff facilitated parenting classes.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 246
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 60
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 120
Total Number of Other Participants:
4
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Youth Programming, Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO students from Instructor Lequisha Sims’s Ethnic Diversity course work with Girls Inc.’s participants in groups: kindergarten-3rd grade, 4th-7th grades, and 8th- 9th grades. They will work together to enhance their understanding of cultural identity.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 312
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 49
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 661
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO’s Freshman Leadership Council (FLC) students will work with 7th and 8th grade students from Nathan Hale students. They will learn leadership and community engagement/participation through service activities for Seventy Five North.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 184
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 184
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Dr. Brian McKevitt's Psychology in the Schools course students will attend the Westside Boys and Girls Club and will individually partner with elementary students throughout the semester. UNO students will work to improve the reading levels of the youth through 1-on-1 mentorship and tutoring very week. This project also allow students the opportunity to practice youth assessment, mentoring, and communication.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 26
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 40
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 40
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO Young Scholars, under the direction of Aaron Krueger, will collaborate with Ms. Jennifer Magnuson-Stessman's fourth-grade students from Washington Elementary School. The students will be involved in a back and forth dialogue relating to the college experience. Washington Elementary students will write letters to their UNO partners and be able to ask about their first years at UNO. Young Scholars will travel to Washington Elementary School to have a panel for Q&A questions from the fourth graders.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 21
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 147
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 30
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 150
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from Dr. Imafedia Okhamafe's Autobiographical Reading and Writing class will work with students from Omaha Street School. Students will strengthened their ability to be analytical and creative, by reading a book (Opportunity Comes to Those Who Are Prepared for It) and generate conversational questions. Together, students will create a Ball Pith event, which provide an opportunity for students to interact with the public. Students will also learn communication skills as well as working in groups and breaking barriers.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 28
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 112
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 27
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 169
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Dr. Michael Matthews class (Math for Elementary Teachers) from UNO will collaborate with Mary Kilnoski’s fifth graders of Marrs, to solve Math problems. This activity will take place once every month with the use of media and on the last day of the project students will get together to celebrate their success and have reflection.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 40
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 80
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 34
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 68
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Employment and Workforce, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : TLC will work with North Star Foundation's high school students on professionalism, resumes, and other career skills. Participants will get to know one another through google hang outs, writing back and forth through Google Docs by answering questions prepared by TLC students. Students will celebrate their work together with select students sharing their resumes at a final celebration at MCC
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 297
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 250
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Students from UNO’s ROTC Arnold Society (an Air Force Service Society) work on providing exposure to the UNO ROTC program to MSHS JROTC juniors and seniors. JROTC students came to campus, learned about the ROTC program, received information about scholarships and admissions; they received tours of campus and participated in ROTC-led leadership activities. At Together, MSHS JROTC participated and assisted in removing the garden for a parking lot install. A second project event is scheduled for Spring 2020