Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 8
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 160
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare, Health Awareness
Description : Traditional PSYC 4024 Arts and Science Laboratory in Psyc: Learning
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Other
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 40
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Clean Water/Water Management, Youth Programming
Description : It started out as a simple field trip for 40 Girl Scouts from Sherman Elementary in northeast Omaha, and grew into an inspiring experience that all those involved would never forget. Becky Haddix, outreach specialist for Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska, was organizing an after-school public service project at an area park for a group of Girl Scouts. But after talking with the Nebraska Watershed Network, Nebraskans for Civic Reform, and the Black Police Officers Association, the project became educational and social. Levi Carter Park, with its lake, was a built-in ecosystem and the perfect place for the Nebraska Watershed Network to give the girls an onsite science lesson. And with the Black Police Officers Association providing supplies for s’mores to break the ice, the event had the makings of a promising field trip. The girls learned things like water conservation, and were introduced to terms like the watershed, quality indexing, agrichemical runoff, and coliform. Partnering with the Black Police Officers Association provided an opportunity for the girls to form positive relationships with the officers.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Other
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Partnered with Dr. Tom Bragg bringing student groups to the Glacier Creek Preserve to help his department raise awareness and get urban students into the natural environments.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Policy research/paper
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, Economic Sufficiency Awareness
Description : Every two years, the City of Manhattan conducts a community survey from a sample of households to seek feedback regarding satisfaction of services and support for future projects. In 2019, the City conducted its third community survey from March 18 through April 22. The survey was emailed to 5,348 households across the city, and 1,000 postcards were mailed to random sample of addresses, both including the survey link and unique password. The 2019 community survey received a 22% response rate.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 4
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 80
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description :
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 5
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:
Civic and Political Engagement, Neighborhood Revitalization, Capacity Building
Description : UNO students will work the Heartland Worker Center YNA group to create logic models that focus on getting youth engaged in neighborhoods from 24th and Lake Street to 24th and L Street. Listening sessions will be held with community members via zoom. Students will gather information around voter engagement, neighborhood mapping, police reports, vacant lots, lighting and sidewalks. Students will work together with Culture House, Together, and Heartland Worker House to create a plan that can be enacted to engage youth to become active in their community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 275
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 14
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 147
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description : UNO Biology students and AP Environmental Science Burke High School students worked together to test the water quality at Heron Haven. The two student groups worked together all semester to visit Heron Haven, learn about water quality, draw water samples and ultimately test the water quality at Heron Haven. The end result was to create a poster for Heron Haven identifing the quailty
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 54
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2023-24
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
8
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : Earth Day is an opportunity for us to serve the community with a few things in mind; how to be more aware of the environment around us, how to be good stewards of it, and how to care for each other and the places in which we live.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 75
Start Academic Year: 2022-23
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 : The " Pollinators Garden" Project is an exciting and educational collaboration between students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) alon with P-1 school. In this two-semester endeavor, UNO students enrolled in the BIOL 1330 class will work hand-in-hand with P-12 students to create a Pollinator Garden. The primary goal of this project is to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem and to actively contribute to their conservation efforts. To achieve this, both UNO and P-12 students will participate in seed collection activities from the Glacier Creek and the Papillion Butterfly Garden. P-16 BIOL 1330.001
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
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:
Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Social Justice Awareness, Climate and Sustainability
Description : Every year, the UNO Service Learning Academy (SLA) brings P-12 and UNO educators together to learn and understand the value of service learning. Participants increase awareness of the Omaha community, their needs, assets, personnel, and practice. Participants demonstrate an understanding of the Pre-K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice (NYLC, 2008). Participants understand the benefits of service learning and its connections to other key frameworks such as AAC&U High Impact Practices, 40 Developmental Assets, 21st Century Skills, and standards-driven curriculum. UNO, P-12, after-school program faculty, and community partners build collaborative relationships and begin service learning project planning. Participants are prepared to create quality service learning experiences.