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: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2022-23
UNO Student Hours: 128
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:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : Hosted and supervised a UNO student for a Fall internship. The student worked on research around soil in the city of Omaha. The student also conducted GIS work for the organization to map various aspects of our projects, events, and outreach. The student provided valuable time, outputs, and research for the organization. The UNO student who participated gained valuable skills for the career he is hoping to pursue post-graduation.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
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:
70
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability, Theatre and Cinema
Description : PLANETARY is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call – a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. It is a poetic and humbling reminder that now is the time to shift our perspective. PLANETARY asks us to rethink who we really are, to reconsider our relationship with ourselves, each other and the world around us – to remember that we are PLANETARY.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 33
Start Academic Year: 2022-23
UNO Student Hours: 33
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2022-23
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : Students made recipe cards for No m=More Empty Pots harvest subscription boxes provided to the community.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2022-23
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2022-23
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : The Creative Community Conservation project aims to display a variety of environmentally focused and environmentally conscious works from a plethora of Nebraska artists. Conservation Nebraska protects our state’s natural legacy by educating the public, supporting communities, and increasing civic engagement.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 61
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 12
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 120
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Stephanie Lynam's ILUNO students provided cultural insights for Brownell Talbot's 3rd Grade. 3rd graders visited UNO and listened to UNO students give cultural presentations about their home countries. UNO students visited Brownell Talbot and provided interviews to the 3rd graders. The 3rd graders then drafted personal narratives and illustrations for a book that was produced for the BT library.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 51
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 17
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 63
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Stephanie Lynam's ILUNO students work with Rachael Burn's Horticulture students. Four events occurred this semester. First they visited the zoo to learn about tagging monarch butterflies. The second and third times UNO and NW students gave presentations about international plants, respectively. ILUNO students were also introduced to American high school cultural activities such as homecoming. During the last event the students planted in the green house.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
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:
Transportation, Capacity Building, Juvenile/Adult Justice System
Description : The purpose of this work plan is to assess the outcomes of the Misdemeanor Diversion Program of the National Safety Council, Nebraska. The evaluation question to be answered is: To what degree does the National Safety Council, Nebraskas diversion program reduce recidivism? This study will compare recidivism outcomes for three groups: 1) individuals who completed the diversion program; 2) individuals who started but did not complete the diversion program; and 3) individuals who did not participate in the diversion program. The diversion program is a voluntary program that offers a one-time chance for a person charged with certain crimes to avoid having a criminal conviction on their record. Participants pay an enrollment fee, complete community service, and complete a class. The results of this study will aid the Misdemeanor Diversion Program (MDP) in continuing, improving, and marketing their program.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
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:
Employment and Workforce, Neighborhood Revitalization, Leadership and Mentoring, Capacity Building
Description : STEPs will be partnering with inCommon, a nonprofit community development organization, to develop a database and interactive dashboards for their Park Avenue Social Capital Survey results. These evaluation resources will support the development of sustainable evaluation practices for inCommon.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Specialized service contract
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:
Rural Community Vitality, Employment and Workforce, Emergency Management, Economic Sufficiency Awareness
Description : This three-year project provides business assistance in response to the 2019 Floods in Nebraska, a federal disaster event designated as FEMA DR-4420-NE. The project initially focuses on the Top 10 flood impacted communities identified by the FEMA Community Conditions Assessment (CCA) to provide the assistance where it is needed most and fine tune tools before expanding the delivery to other communities and 14 most heavily impacted rural Nebraska counties. The project is designed to assist 286 businesses in three years, develop 27 new long term NBDC clients, and support 497 jobs. The project uses an innovative approach to disaster assistance by first identifying gaps in the existing rural business economy infrastructure, and then aiding clients in development of enterprise specific supply chain improvement designed to strengthen the long-term resiliency of the business. The tools developed as part of this project are portable in nature and will enhance the existing body of assistance used by federal, state, and local disaster business assistance programs.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 6
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 2
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : Stephanie Lynam’s ILUNO Service Learning class will be partnering again this year with Rachael Burns’ Horticulture class from Northwest High School. The classes collaborated throughout the semester on environmental issues that impact students on a global level. The students labeled storm drains for Keep Omaha Beautiful as well as the ILUNO students gave presentations to the Northwest students about environmental issues in their home countries.