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: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : This project was canceled due to COVID-19. Students from UNO’s ROTC Arnold Society (an Air Force Service Society) was planning to work on providing exposure to the UNO ROTC program to MSHS JROTC upper class students. JROTC students would have come to campus, and be provided with an overview of the ROTC program, tours of campus and the chance to participate in ROTC-led leadership activities. At Together, MSHS JROTC would have participated and assisted in servicing a regular food pantry for the public and removing their garden for relocation.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
History
Description : This project was canceled due to remote learning. Students from Ralston High School worked with UNO students to do research and collect information about the history of 53 businesses that located in the Blackstone Area. The GA for the Honors course, Danial Faisal, will work with all the students to put all the findings into an app or website where it will be available to the Blackstone Business Association.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 26
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 52
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 21
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Raise Awareness, Social Justice Awareness
Description : This Projects was canceled due to the transition to remote learning. UNO students from Professor Preston Love’s class, Black Experience In American Politics (BLST3120), will be visiting students from Mr. Josh Jablonski’s American Government Class at Benson High School to discuss about their service learning project and Black voting rights, etc. They will also be visiting Malcolm X Foundation and participate in service to your foundation while there.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 24
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 120
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
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: Spring
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
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, Literacy, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : This project was canceled due to remote learning. 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: 15
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 36
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Due to remote learning this project was not completed. GTWO is an ongoing partnership between Dr. Ritzman’s SPED 4750 Childhood Language Disorders class and Blackburn Alternative Program High School students. Each year, the project has a different focus and community partner. This year, the project focus was with Kellom Elementary. The UNO students taught 5 sessions throughout the semester in either Ms. Colon (English and Yearbook) or Ms. George (Arts and Computer Graphics) classes. SPED 4750 students learned to work hands-on in any type of classroom (“Language is Everywhere”) and Blackburn students received learning assistance in their respective classrooms. As a community partner, Kellom Elementary students worked with UNO students to create a zine of pictures.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 32
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Clean Water/Water Management, Leadership and Mentoring, Climate and Sustainability
Description : The project was canceled due to the transition to remote learning. This project is a partnership between Dr. Maher's geology students, Mrs. Brown's 5th grade science students from St. James Seton, and Prairie STEM. Together, the students use technology from Prairie STEM to study what happens to rain water and create a final product that represents their work. The product will be donated to Prairie STEM so they can show it to future students as an example of what projects they can do.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Disadvantaged Populations, Income and Income Equality, Poverty, Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Raise Awareness
Description : This project will bring awareness regarding SNAP benefits through potentially eight podcast conversations concerning community participants, outreach logistics, SNAP state legislation, SNAP efficacy, SNAP and seniors, SNAP and citizens returning from corrections, SNAP and food pantries, and SNAP and retailers. A tour of Together; a session in which we go over what is SNAP and why is it the biggest issue in the fight on hunger; and then the what why and how about the podcasts. The students need to research the topic areas and prepare for discussions with SNAP guests that will make for a good podcast. Students engage in recorded interviews with community participants and experts on a variety of topics.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 180
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 4
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 30
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Gerontology
Description : Due to the transition to remote learning this project was canceled. 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 creatw a weekly meal for the seniors at AP.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 53
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : This project was canceled due to the transition to remote learning. Members of UNO’s Freshman Leadership Council (FLC) worked together with Sara Ridgley’s students from Nathan Hale Middle School’s Student Government. FLC and Nathan Hale students will work together on their ‘Secret Kindness Agents’ project this semester. In this process students will come together to discuss and identify specific activities they will embark on this semester.