Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness
Description : Using participatory, utilization-focused approaches, STEPs looks forward to designing an evaluation framework for LAN to accomplish the following evaluation activities as it relates to their Legal Help Nebraska (LHN) website. At this early stage, we propose the following evaluation questions: Evaluation Questions (proposed): 1. To what extent are the current intake systems (LHN and phone) efficient and effective in responding to intakes? 2. To what extent will the expanded LHN system be efficient and effective as well as supporting of client satisfaction and positive client outcomes and community impact?
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Medical Humanities, Emergency Management, Art
Description : Charleen Willoughby was one of the Moulage Makeup artists who volunteered to create realistic injuries on volunteer victims for the Eppley Airfield Disaster response team's emergency preparedness drill. She set up her station on a table in a tent, and proceeded to create the injuries that were described on cards attached to each volunteer victim.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 23
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 920
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Refugees, Employment and Workforce
Description : Students will work with a community partner to understand their technical needs and produce a customized database system for their partner.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
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:
Emergency Management, Leadership and Mentoring, Capacity Building
Description : Omaha Covid Performing Arts Summit meetings, D. Scott Glasser coordinated meetings among all Omaha area theaters to discuss ways of dealing with pandemic issues.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 160
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 12
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 72
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security
Description : UNO students from Don Bowen's Photography class worked with students from Montessori Co-op School and Hunger Free Heartland. The students learned about what Hunger Free Heartland does throughout the state of Nebraska. The students created presentations about the breakfast programs that Hunger Free Heartland sponsors. UNO students took pictures at the mock breakfast event.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Specialized service contract
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Emergency Management, Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Theatre and Cinema
Description : Steven Williams Co-Founded the Omaha Performing Arts Covid-19 Summit.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 189
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Employment and Workforce, Self-Sufficiency
Description : Heartland Family Services - Family Works is a long-term (6-9 months) residential substance abuse and mental health programs in Iowa and Nebraska for women with children. Family Works with collaborating with two groups of students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course. One group will be working with group facilitators to co-facilitate and direct a parenting class groups on Wednesday evenings. This will include helping with infant/toddler care, school-aged ‘Kids Club’, and observing staff facilitated parenting class. Students are also participating in the substance abuse groups as an observer.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Specialized service contract
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
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:
0
Topics:
Veteran Support, Raise Awareness
Description : For this project Allison Wakin serves as the publicist for the Honor and Remember chapter of Nebraska.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 81
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 1
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 5
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Veteran Support
Description : Assisted with educational activities for over 150 troop members
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 26
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 2
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
3
Topics:
Rural Community Vitality, Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Forrest Stewardship Project. Understanding the need for manually restoring the native upland dry-mesic oak forest habitat / ecosystem in the condition of anthropogenic suppressed fire occurrences AND the biodiversity threats caused by introduced & invasive plant species. This short talk will then lead to actually manually restoring the native forest.