Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
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:
1
Topics:
Homelessness/Shelter
Description : UNO staff members serving as a board member of MACCH board.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 375
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : This is a cross sector collaboration course which helps stduents to know the benefits to identify talents in collaboration with public and provate partnerships along with gaining insights on leadership skills. Students get to know about the needs of community and involve in panel discussions with leaders on non profit to understand needs and cooperation of different sectors across community. PA 3800.001 Traditional
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
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:
Inequality, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Homelessness/Shelter, Raise Awareness, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Capacity Building, Juvenile/Adult Justice System, Other
Description : Students taking Principles of PR JMC 3230 01 course Students completed pr materials for organizations including fact cards, brochures, as well as made recommendations for websites improvements.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
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:
Waste, Clean Water/Water Management, Poverty, Health Awareness, Climate and Sustainability
Description : Service Learning projects that partnered with an OPS school presented their semester's research at the UNO OPS Joint Research Symposium. Students from UNO, Burke High School, and Northwest High School presented poster style to an audience covering topics such as plastic bag use, food insecurity, and environmental issues.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 261
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 53
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 26
Total Number of Other Participants:
8
Topics:
Employment and Workforce, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from Instructor Rita Shaughnessy's Fundamentals of Public Speaking course and League of Women Voters will host a workshop for young women from Omaha High Schools. The workshop will introduce them to the political process and possibly encourage them to run for office one day by inviting locally elected women officals to share their experiences and allowing the young women to practice developing a mock political campaign.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 43
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 649
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 30
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 357
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Health Awareness
Description : King Science 6th graders will be focusing on the GI system. The UNO students will help communicate about health and how physicians talk about health through fundamental literacy. The UNO Students will help the 6th graders with research ideas and assist with how to properly research. The 6th graders will be coming up with a project to assist No More Empty Pots. They are just starting a "meal on wheels" for people living with cancer. The 6th graders will help educate them about healthy foods.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 23
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 1,058
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:
Self-Sufficiency, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from Professor Mariana Cruz’ Introduction to ESL course will work with families from the Learning Community Center (LCC) of South Omaha. The UNO students will be assigned a family to work with over the course of six weeks to build a trusting relationship. The students will prepare lessons and activities around topics of college readiness, including Financial Aid, scholarships, scheduling, advisors, and campus living, to familiarize families with the higher education system in the United States. Sessions held at the UNO Dodge and Scott Campuses will include student-lead campus tours for LCC families to experience a glimpse of campus life.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 90
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 61
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 198
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Gender Equality
Description : Students from Dr. Strasser's Animal Behavior Lab partner with Mrs. Brown's 61 sixth grade students and the Omaha Zoo. Students research an assigned animal and collect behavioral data at the zoo.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 175
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 50
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Waste, Gardens/Plantlife, Climate and Sustainability
Description : Students from Professor Farrah Grant's Intro to Sustainability Course are parterned alongside students from Omaha Bryan High School to learn and discover the means to create a sustainable food environment within the Omaha Area. UNO students will meet with No More Empty Pots and will visit Omaha Bryan's state of the art agricultural center. Both student groups are collaborating online throughout the semester to discuss their findings and research questions.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 350
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 525
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Disadvantaged Populations, Economic Sufficiency Awareness
Description : UNO students along with Omaha South High Art students will create a cookbook from collected recipes and stories from community members accessing te food pantry at Together Inc. SOWK1500820/Social Work and Civic Engagement. P-16 Project.