Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 2,400
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:
Employment and Workforce, Social Justice Awareness, Other
Description : Student interns assigned community agencies for experiential learning.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 34
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 100
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 7,000
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Education, Capacity Building, Health Awareness
Description : Students from Dr. Dinkel's KINS 3900 course worked with our Youth Wellness Coordinator to create infographics and videos on topics regarding physical activity. These resources are being shared with the community as a whole via our website and social media pages, as well as specifically targeted to OPS schools in zip codes identified as having higher health risks. Teachers and administrators at these schools will share the resources directly with their students. While working with The Wellbeing Partners, UNO students learned about the population of students at their target schools, including the need to create graphics that were at appropriate reading levels, representative of the student population, and culturally sensitive. UNO students also learned about some common physical activity barriers that targeted OPS students may experience (ie lack of outdoor play space, lack of funds for sports clubs, etc). While working with Dr. Dinkel, students learned theories of physical activity promotion and motivation that were applied to the infographics and videos they created. The resources created by the UNO students that were selected to be shared can be found here: https://www.thewellbeingpartners.org/change/activate-youth/physical-activity-promotion/ The economic value of the project was $1750. This project allowed us to provide high quality and useful resources to our school partners and community members. Partnering with KINS 3900 students allowed us to utilize their expertise in physical activity promotion. UNO KINS 3900 students benefited from this project by learning about the school community that many may choose to serve in their later careers. This project gave them a practical application for the knowledge they gained throughout the course as to how to promote physical activity and motivate people, including children, to be physically active. Dr. Dinkel, faculty for UNO, benefited by being able to provide a real-life application for the content that she was teaching. OPS schools and the community at large benefited by gaining access to high-quality resources that can be used to promote physical activity for children and their families.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 759
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wellness, Aging, Business, Education, Other
Description : UNO Students enrolled in TED 2050: Intro to Teaching ESL will be participants in a service learning project which collaborates with the Learning Community Center of South Omaha (LCC) for six weeks. UNO students will engage with LCC families weekly via Zoom to explore topics of individual interest that cover technology, educational support, and overall wellness to better support their children during remote learning in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 34
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 476
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wellness, Aging, Business, Holistic Wellness, Health Awareness
Description : UNO KINS 3500 students will work individually or in small groups to create three infographics and/or videos to highlight one overarching and three supporting goals developed around a course theory concept. These infographics and/or videos will be sent to elementary students from The Wellbeing Partners to promote physical activity.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wellness, Aging, Business, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Holistic Wellness, Health Awareness, 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. This project will be in a virtual environment, and the Sensory Festival will be a "take-home" festival.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 2,100
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Holistic Wellness, Youth Programming, Health Awareness
Description : UNO students along with Omaha South High Art students will create a cookbook from collected recipes and stories from community members accessing the food pantry at Together Inc. SOWK1500820/Social Work and Civic Engagement. P-16 Project.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 2,100
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Youth Programming, Develop./Physical Disability
Description : UNO students will work 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 Be Safe trainings, Down 2 Box, Improv, Running Club, and more. The classes run weekends/evenings - times/days vary depending on the class and event.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 8
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 4
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wellness, Aging, Business, Health Awareness, Music/Dance
Description : Sound Health: Bringing Music to Medicine contributes to the environment of care for patients, visitors, and staff through live music while giving music students the chance to engage with the community and perform. Due to restrictions on volunteers and visitors in health care facilities, UNO School of Music students will mentor Central High School Orchestra students via ZOOM on their pieces. The final video performances of Central High School Orchestra students will be shared with the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Healing Arts program and made available in patient rooms on the Healing Arts channel.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 34
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 272
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Gerontology, Music/Dance
Description : Dr. Fox’s students from MUS 2100 and individuals from UNO School of Music created cover songs from various genres. These songs were requested by residents from retirement communities, nursing, and assisted living facilities around the metropolitan area. The objective of this service-learning project was to provide the geriatric population joy during COVID-19. UNO students recorded themselves and the individual recordings were presented to the local community.
Engagement Type:
Board Memberships
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2022-23
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
1
Topics:
Mental Health, Capacity Building
Description : UNO faculty in social work serving as vice president for NAMI Nebraska. The position is a 2-year service position ending in October 2022.