Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 28
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
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:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description : Volunteers will be helping with various projects around the Zoo - mulching gorilla exhibits, cleaning and sorting enrichment, etc.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
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:
170
Topics:
Employment and Workforce, Climate and Sustainability
Description : In this one-hour talk, Dr. Goodstein will outline different sustainability career directions, evaluate the impact of President Trump on sustainability jobs, discuss grad school and continuing education options (including school now / school later), and provide listeners with a tailored, concrete job search strategy. The webinar includes twenty minutes of Q&A to address individual career questions.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
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:
55
Topics:
Literacy, Gerontology, Poetry
Description : Each year the Poetry to Bridge Generations Contest awards prizes to local youth and elders and hosts a Winners Celebration and Poetry Slam to hear readings of the winning poems and provide an opportunity for face-to-face dialogue about poetry and poems.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
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:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Volunteers will be helping with raptor perch repair, addition/refreshment of flooring substrate (pea gravel), hosing and cleaning of 12 enclosures.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 19
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 1
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
5
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Climate and Sustainability
Description : Volunteers will create educational materials for youth in Madagascar to learn about protecting our planet for the future.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 81
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:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description : The intern supported zookeepers with feeding and enrichment activities for giraffes and rhinos. The intern also observed training sessions.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
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:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare, Other
Description : The intern worked with Wildlife Safari Park in Ashland to increase the visibility of their programs and mission on social media.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2022-23
UNO Student Hours: 242
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 3
End Academic Year:
2022-23
K-12 Student Hours: 18
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : Students` awareness of composting and zero waste school lunches will be raised during this course. Students will work in groups with Blackburn students to come up with a proposal to give to OPS and UNO staff to expand composting more thoroughly on campus. P-16 service learning project SUST 1000.001
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 38
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 2
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 11
Total Number of Other Participants:
14
Topics:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Organized and cleaned coffee shop
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 22
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 2
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 11
Total Number of Other Participants:
15
Topics:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Litter cleanup from Levi Carter Park