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: 8
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 302
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Homelessness/Shelter, Youth Programming
Description : Social Work 1500 students provide support and assistance in leading a service learning after-school club at Completely KIDS. Completely Kids works with Preschool – 6th grade children and families through school programs and homeless shelter partnerships. Their primary population is children in poverty, working to educate children and families on knowledge and skills to help break the poverty cycle. This project also involves UNO students providing support and helping with an after school service learning club. CK is relocating during big renovations next year. CK will work with the different site coordinators to identify a location within the 12 service sites. UNO students will help CK students identify a community need they would like to positively impact and help support CK students through the development and implementation of their project.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Other
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 4
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 128
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 6
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 2
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description :
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 225
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 120
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Clean Water/Water Management
Description : UNO students from Dr. Saferstein’s Political Science class will work with the Norris students from the after-school program Completely Kids through the steps process in creating a politically correct argument through presentations and activities. The Norris students will ultimately present this argument to the Capitol Building in Lincoln. They were asked to come back and present again. This semester they studied community water testing, considering recent topics like the Dakota Access Pipeline and Flint, Michigan water crisis.
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:
2
Topics:
Youth Programming, 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:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
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:
0
Topics:
Description : Analyze the following data from Completely KIDS Liberty Elementary programs Parent surveys Youth surveys Parental attendance records for CK programming Youth attendance records for CK programming Youth grades Youth attendance and tardiness school records Develop a final evaluation report
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 45
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 2,385
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:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description :
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 16
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:
Social Justice Awareness
Description : Students will work in teams to complete an ethics audit of a non-profit organization. In these ethics audits, teams will research the ethics of the organization, provide a risk assessment for key ethics areas, and make recommendations where applicable. Teams will be expected to conduct research in the organization; reviewing existing documents as well as interviewing and surveying staff. Teams will provide each organization with a written report and summary presentation.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 40
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 4,240
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Education, Youth Programming
Description : Freshmen UNO students from Dr. Stu Bernstein's ENGR1000, Interpersonal Skills for Engineering Leaders course will teach topics related to their coursework to fifth grade students from Field Club Elementary School via online video presentation to be sent to students. Throughout the project, both UNO and Field Club students will reflect on the project, documenting their learnings to be compiled into a hard-cover book. Learnings will be shared with parents of Field Club students at a final celebration.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 48
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 2,736
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 202
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Freshmen UNO students from Dr. Stu Bernstein's ENGR1000, Interpersonal Skills for Engineering Leaders course will teach topics related to their coursework to fifth grade students from Field Club Elementary School on Wednesday evenings. Throughout the project, both UNO and Field Club students will reflect on the project, documenting their learnings to be compiled into a hard-cover book. Learnings will be shared with parents of Field Club students at a final celebration.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 14
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 588
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : Freshmen UNO students from Dr. Stu Bernstein's ENGR1000, Interpersonal Skills for Engineering Leaders course will teach topics related to their coursework to fifth grade students from Field Club Elementary School on Wednesday evenings. Throughout the project, both UNO and Field Club students will reflect on the project, documenting their learnings to be compiled into a hard-cover book.