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: 12
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 264
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Gender Equality
Description :
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Other
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 2
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:
Refugees, Capacity Building
Description : Students and faculty worked with the volunteer coordinator at the agency to conduct an evaluation of the organization’s volunteer program. The aim was to provide the agency with quantitative and qualitative data and feedback from the perspective of their volunteers with the goal of improving volunteer and organizational outcomes.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 208
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Literacy, Youth Programming, Art
Description : Students will host a community health awareness event to help Spanish speakers in our community learn about 5 primary health condinitions including helpful information to share. SPAN3040 Traditional Project
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Study Abroad
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
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:
Description : Xalapa is the capital city of the coastal state of Veracruz, and home to Anáhuac University, Xalapa Campus. Anáhuac features numerous high tech laboratories, first class sports facilities, courses offered in English and Spanish, and community connections to help students find internships. Anáhuac University is ranked among the top 2% best universities around the world, and in the top 3 private universities in Mexico. The MOU and student exchange agreement between UNO and AU-Xalapa was signed in 2019, and the partnership continues to build on it’s successful collaboration.
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:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 48
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
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:
Description : This dual-degree program provides the opportunity to Guangzhou College of Commerce (GCC) undergraduate students, to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). The first cohort of the GCC students arrived at UNO campus in Fall 2019 and were welcomed by the College of Business Administration (CBA) and International Programs (INPR). Students take UNO courses to make academic progress and then return to GCC with UNO course credits for a bachelor's degree.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 23
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 356
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 31
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 403
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Youth Programming
Description : Students from Professor Dawn Mathis’s Introduction to Teaching ESL course will visit the Learning Community Center of South Omaha (LCC). Students will interact with their assigned family whom they will work with throughout the course of the project. Students will teach the families about college readiness through carefully planned activities and share the useful resources.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 800
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 28
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 210
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Youth Programming
Description : UNO students from Dr. Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo's Introduction to Teaching ESL course will interact with their assigned family from the Learning Community Center of South Omaha (LCC). Students will teach the families about college readiness through carefully planned activities and share useful resources over the course of the semester.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 24
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 768
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 29
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 188
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Youth Programming
Description : Students from Dr. Dawn Mathis’ Introduction to Teaching ESL class will visit the Learning Community Center (LCC) of South Omaha. Students will interact with their assigned family whom they will work with throughout the course of the project. Students will teach the families about college readiness over dinner and provide them with insightful activities that they have carefully planned prior to the session.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Study Abroad
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:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Students in UNO’s Jazz Band traveled to Japan and China to participate in a faculty-led program during the fall of 2015.