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: 22
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
UNO Student Hours: 23
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO Students from Andrea Krapf course TED 2050; Intro to Teaching ESL, work with families from the Learning Community Center of South Omaha in a hybrid format over a 6-week period. Students will develop and faciliate lesson plans with families covering reading literacy, parent connection resources, emotional wellness, college readiness, UNO campus life, and goal setting. The project provides space for students and families to build meaningful relationships and practice English language skills.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 261
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 31
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 310
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Citizenship, Raise Awareness
Description : UNO students enrolled in CDIS 4750: Childhood Language Disorders, will collaborate with Blackburn Alternative Program (BAP) students to complete mail art while addressing BAP students’ needs in areas of literacy enrichment and continuous language development. Implementation of project will be conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams. CDIS 4420 820 P-16 Project
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
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:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO Students from Kersten Borer SOWK 1500-001 course: Social Work and Civic Engagement work on a service-learning project. This project will build on the success of the “Portions” cookbook project that collected recipes from community members accessing the food pantry and turned them into a community cookbook by, and for, our community members. Now that we have this resource, we want to use it to educate the wider community about the various causes and consequences of hunger in Omaha, focusing specifically on the ways that food insecurity impacts and is influenced by the reality of our community residents everyday lives. Students determine what kind of information they need from the community and how to get that information, collect stories from community members accessing the food pantry at Together, and create a cookbook with recipes and stories around the way food brings us together.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 162
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 23
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 253
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : School psychology students partnered with Socorrito Salcido, school counselor, and Ms. Amoura’s third grade class at Conestoga Elementary in Omaha to provide social-emotional support to students. They created pen pal groups and exchanged videos ranging from rapport building activities, to college mentoring questions, covid safety tips and end of the semester wishes. The goal of this project was to meet the social emotional needs of elementary school students by connecting them with graduate students. The third graders weren’t feeling as connected to others during the current school year and the partnership with the school counselor to come up with ideas to address this was a way to connect. PSYC 8590 001 P-16 Project
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
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:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO students enrolled in Kersten Borer SOWK 1500-001; Social Work and Civic Engagement, work alongside Ms. Amy Cerra’s Omaha South Pottery Class to support the staff from the D2 Center and help with burnout prevention. UNO students will design a workshop to support and encourage the D2 staff. In addition, UNO students will partner with Ms. Cerra’s Pottery Class who will help to support the D2 staff.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
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:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO students enrolled in Kersten Borer SOWK 1500-001: Social Work and Civic Engagement, work with the DSA Programs and sign up for events through Sign Up Genius. UNO students support programming throughout the semester and have the opportunity to participate in the Improv groups that happen on Saturdays for 3 hours in the morning, Down to Box group that happens on Saturdays, later in the day, which is open to all physical levels, a list of fall activities, and the DSA walk.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
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:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO students enrolled in Kersten Borer SOWK 1500-001: Social Work and Civic Engagement will research selected sites in ADL’s Walk Against Hate and interview community members who have a connection to the site. These interviews are recorded and turned into videos (Vidgrid) or podcasts that are played on the ADL website (adlplains.org). Students can also provide essays, artwork, or blurbs about their thoughts associated with the site. In addition, UNO students work alongside the Secondary Success Program (SSP) and Blackburn Art students to create pieces of art for a site or two in ADL’s Walk Against Hate. UNO students will meet with the SSP and Blackburn students to share about the interviews that will inspire the artwork.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 19
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 855
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : "Group 1: Virtual Programming Students worked virtually with learning community groups and parent groups based on curriculum outlined by Down Syndrome Alliance. UNO students worked virtually with YAS! -Young Adult (and Adolescent) Series (YAS!) is programming for tweens, teens, and young adults to adulthood. YAS! programs/classes this semester will focus on Circles, Down 2 Box, Improv, Cooking Classes and more. The classes ran on weekends/evenings -times/days vary depending on the class and event. Group 2: Planning Committee March is Down Syndrome Awareness month, and UNO students worked virtually brainstorming and creating ideas for bringing awareness to Down Syndrome. Participated in Inclusion Day, Giving Day and building resources and materials for dance parties and the cooking class. They also had the opportunity to develop motivational posts for use with social media as well as using those creative skills to assist the agency with outreach and awareness. SOWK 1500-821 P-16 Project
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 925
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 20
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 340
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : The Community Cookbook was planned to look different this year as a result of COVID. It was a continuation from the Fall 2020 project. In addition to this shift, the goal was to explore expanding the breadth of this project by reaching a broader audience, working closely with interdisciplinary community partners, and incorporating a broader discussion of food justice. Together brought in Nebraska Writers Collective to help with the poetry and story-telling aspect of the cookbook. UNO students collected and provided some of their own recipes for the cookbook and added poems and stories about recipes. Omaha South High School Art students provided the digital artwork for the cookbook. The cookbook was also translated into Spanish by World Speaks and is currently being formatted to send for printing. The Podcast project involved creating eight podcasts which were then combined to six episodes which will be shared with the Community. The podcasts involved interviews with community members on their perceptions of and importance of food. Students had the opportunity to interact with community members (via zoom) and build content that will be shared across the community. This project introduced the students to both micro and macro social work. Students engaged with community members identified by Together. They gathered information, and knowledge through individuals’ stories. The podcasts created which will be used to bring about awareness of the importance of food security. Students also create podcasts about food which can be found here. https://mavradio.libsyn.com/portions. SOWK 1500-820 P-16 Project
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
UNO Student Hours: 308
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 29
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 101
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO students enrolled in Kersten Borer's SOWK 1500-002: Social Work and Civic Engagement, will facilitate discussions at Dr. Musil's 10th grade English class to help his students understand the importance of mental health. Additionally, NAMI-Nebraska brings their Ending the Silence presentation to Papillion La-Vista South HS for HS students there that the UNO students also attend. The students create a collaborative project collecting letters for NAMI Nebraska and The Pony Express for Mental Health Awareness Month in May 2022. These letters are shared with the Nebraska governor and elected officials to bring awareness around mental health.