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Project	Project Focus Areas	Community Partners	Campus Partners	Engagement Type:	Activity Type:	Other Activity Type:	Start Semester:	Start Academic Year:	End Semester:	End Academic Year:	Total UNO Students:	UNO Students Hours:	Total K-12 Students:	K-12 Student Hours:	Total Number of Other Participants:	Topics:	Other Topics:	Description:
MBA Project-Focused Capstone Course: Executive Civic Leadership (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Abide Omaha	Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	20	1,440	0	0	0	Leadership and Mentoring		9 student teams will provide pro-bono consultation to small businesses and/or non-profit agencies. They are addressing a management challenge for the organization.
MBA Project-Focused Capstone (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Apostle Nursing Home Health Care	Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	23	1,265	0	0	0			Unknown
MBA Project Focused Capstone (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (002)	Educational Support	Omaha Symphony	Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	12	480	0	0	0			1. For Omaha Symphony: Research, analyze and make recommendations for Omaha Symphony to attract a new market segment by partnering with another arts non-profit. 2. For a group of local artists: Research local architectural and interior design firms to analyze and make recommendation on partnership opportunities to support the artists’ work. 3.For a group of local artists: Research medium and large firms to analyze and make recommendation on partnership opportunities to support the artists’ work.
MBA Project Focused Capstone (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Educational Support	No More Empty Pots	Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	15	600	0	0	0	Climate and Sustainability	Leadership and Mentoring Sustainability	Capstone project in which students help business with management leadership issue.
MBA Focused Capstone (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (002)	Educational Support		Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	17	340	0	0	0
MBA Focused Capstone (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (001)	Educational Support		Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	7	140	0	0	0			Traditional BSAD8800 Business Administration MBA Project-Focused Capstone
Managing in a Digital World (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship	Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	30	450	0	0	0	Wildlife/Animal Welfare		Students will provide training to community members wanting to participate in a city nature challenge. They will be preparing them on how to use the app, take better close-up photos with phones,
Malcolm X Foundation (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Social Justice	Malcolm X Memorial Foundation	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Thompson Learning Community	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	10	200	0	0	0
Lunch and Learn: September: 2016-17	Educational Support	Omaha Public Library	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC)	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	10	Literacy, Raise Awareness		An opportunity to learn about the Omaha Public Library and the resources that they have available that are free to those who have a library card. Also meet the new Executive Director of the organization and hear her vision for the library.
Lunch and Learn: October: 2016-17	Social Justice	Inclusive Communities	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC)	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	15	Inclusion, Diversity & Equity		A workshop to help organizations and their employees with identity reflection.
Lunch and Learn: March: 2016-17	Educational Support	Civic Nebraska, ONE Omaha	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC)	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Spring	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	20	Civic and Political Engagement, Raise Awareness		A presentation that discussed how to increase civic engagement as well as how to access civic engagement and neighborhood resources.
Lunch and Learn: January: 2016-17	Health and Wellness	The Wellbeing Partners	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC)	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Spring	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	15	Holistic Wellness		Information and tips for health in the work place.
Lunch and Learn: 2016-17	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	Charles Drew Health Center Inc.	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC)	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	20			Charles Drew, a nonprofit health care provider, will present information about their programs at the April Feed Your Brain. Charles Drew reaches a large cross-section of our community, and are interested in expanding their collaborations.
Loudspeakers (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support	Harvey Oaks Elementary	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Thompson Learning Community	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	16	32	11	71	0			Marlina Davidson's Fundamentals in Public Speaking teamed up with Harvey Oaks Elementary School after-school program "Loudspeakers" to develop public speaking skills. UNO students facilitated lessons on speech development, research, delivery, and visuals. The project culminated with Harvey Oaks students presenting final speeches for their parents.
Loud Speakers Club (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship	Harvey Oaks Elementary, Keep Omaha Beautiful	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	19	247	15	285	0	Gardens/Plantlife		This project will introduce 3rd and 4th grade students at Harvey Oaks Elementary School to public speaking and concepts developed from the nonprofit Keep Omaha Beautiful. Students choose a topic provided by Keep Omaha Beautiful to research and present at the end of the year. These topics include glass recycling, curbside recycling, household hazardous waste among other topics. While learning how to be environmentally friendly, students are introduced to concepts of speech making and public speaking. UNO students will assist students in the speech making process and provide help doing research. Harvey Oaks students will film a short 30 second Public Service Announcement for Keep Omaha Beautiful on their topics to provide them assistance in marketing the organization.
Little Learning with DSA (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	6	226	0	0	0			Social Work 1500 students work with Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands (DSM) through support of the Learning Program. The Learning Program is for children ages 4-7 years old and their parents. The program meets on one Saturday a month from 9:00 am – 10:30 am. Weekly topics to be covered include: Introduction to Literacy, Early Number Concepts, Effective Learning Sessions, and Colors, Shapes, Sorting, & Patterns. Students will assist educators with classroom needs and will work directly with the children and parents. Possible project options include planning a lesson plan, developing a parent resource, taking pictures for program support, etc. Additional support is providing via education series and family special events.
Literacy (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Educational Support, International Service, Social Justice	Intercultural Senior Center	Fine Arts, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	19	380	0	0	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Literacy		Traditional ART1210 Communication, Fine Arts, and Media Found: Color and Vis Literacy
Leadership PKMS: 2017-18	Educational Support	Kiewit Middle School, Millard Public Schools	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	19	104	42	273	0	Leadership and Mentoring		In the 2017 fall semester, students from Professor Gillotte’s Public Speaking Fundamentals course will support students at Peter Kiewit Middle School (PKMS) to develop talking points and prepare presentations that focus on eight anti-bullying themes. UNO and PKMS students will meet three times this semester to work on the presentations. PKMS students will give the final presentations on Friday, November 3, 2017.
Leadership PKMS (Fall 2016):2016-17	Educational Support	Kiewit Middle School, Millard Public Schools	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	19	47	39	312	0	Leadership and Mentoring		CMST 1110 Public Speaking Fundamentals
LCC SLP (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	16	128	0	0	0	Literacy		UNO students from Dr. Ritzman's Early Language Development in Children course will work with Navigators from the Learning Community Center of South Omaha (LCC) for their home visits with the assigned LCC families. Each student will have one home visit this semester to work with children and share language and literacy development techniques with the families.
LCC (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Educational Support	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Medical Humanities, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	16	320	0	0	0	Literacy		Traditional HUMN1200 Arts and Sciences Autobio Reading and Writing
Latino Politics (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Economic Impact, International Service, Social Justice	Heartland Workers Center, South High Magnet, Omaha Public Schools	Political Science, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	18	198	8	8	0	Food and Water Security, Inter/Trans-culture		UNO professor Dr. Johnathan Benjamin Alvarado partnered with UNO adjunct professor and South High Magnet School faculty Mr. Gutierrez to assist the Heartland Worker’s Center in their “I Vote for My Family” campaign that worked to increase voter turnout of South Omaha residents for the midterm election. Students learned about issues that affect Latino voters and barriers the Latino population face in America’s political system while they worked alongside the staff at the Heartland Worker’s Center (HWC) canvassing, phone banking, and knocking doors. The students, faculty, HWC staff, and community members celebrated their diligence at the Heartland Worker’s Center while sharing pupusas and pan dulce.
Latin America Study Abroad (Summer 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support, International Service	Intercultural Senior Center, South High Magnet, Omaha Public Schools	Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS), Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2017-18	None	None	7	35	90	315	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Literacy		Omaha South High School's Jump Start program will work with UNO's Latin Study Abroad students in partnership with the Intercultural Senior Center as they create art together. Participants will paint their home, identify their home country flag and share stories with one another.
Language Culture and Power (Summer 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2017-18	None	None	20	345	30	330	0	Literacy, Youth Programming		UNO Language Power and Culture students will work with the tweens from South Omaha's Boys and Girls Club to explore the topic of social media usage. The group will create a social media campaign to educate others about proper social media use. The project is called #SocialMEdia.
Language for Life (Fall 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	20	320	20	0	0	Literacy		UNO students in Dr. Ritzman's Early Language Development course work together with Educational Navigators at the South Omaha Learning Community Center. UNO students prepare individualized interaction plans for families for when they enter the homes, focusing on language development milestones and information for parents. Navigators serve occassionally as translators, and work together with the students to evaluate the lesson plan and share the critical information. Students receive an orientation at the South Omaha library, and then go into the homes of families on a single visit inividually with a navigator, and lastly have a celebration on campus. As a gift to the families, SLA provides a selected book by Dr. Ritzman
Language Birth to 5 (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Charles B. Washington Branch, Omaha Public Library	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	17	255	0	0	0	Literacy		UNO students from Dr. Ritzman’s graduate class, Language Disorders: Birth to Five learn about dialogic reading and family centered practice for early intervention. Students prepare a lesson to give to preschoolers at the Charles B. Washington branch library in North Omaha in collaboration with their Prime Time program. This program caters to under-served families aged 6-10 and helps low-income families connect through book reading. Students prepare this lesson in correspondence to a children’s book. Students choose this book and extra copies are given to the children and families. This is a 6 week project that occurs on Saturday mornings from 8:30-11:30. The students help to serve breakfast and then provide the instruction in the preschool classroom with their books and resources.
Language Birth to 5 (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Educational Support	Omaha Public Library	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	20	380	0	0	0	Literacy		SPED 8590 Education Language Disorders: Birth to Five
Keep Omaha Beautiful (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship	Keep Omaha Beautiful, Nathan Hale Middle School, Omaha Public Schools	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	17	272	35	385	0	Climate and Sustainability		UNO Public Speaking Fundamental students and Nathan Hale Middle School students are working side by side to discover effective ways to present to their peers. UNO students are teaching methods of presenting to the middle school students that they can use when they present to their peers about urban environmental issues. The Middle School students create presentations that focus on the environmental impact of communities. The theme this semester is reduce, reuse, recycle and compost. Nathan Hale students signed up to complete clean up days with Keep Omaha Beautiful.
Joslyn Geology (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Joslyn Art Museum, Our Lady of Lourdes	Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	4	40	37	3,626	0	STEM/STEM Education, Art		UNO Geology students and Our Lady of Lourdes 7th grade science students will be analyzing specific pieces of art in the Joslyn’s European exhibit to identify geological features and processes, such as the water and rock cycle. The UNO students will be facilitating the discussion at the Joslyn as well as partnering with the 7th graders on their final project. Throughout the semester, Ms. Shelley Brown’s students will create a geologically focused game for the Joslyn’s Education Center.
IT for Development (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Start Center	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	13	130	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education		Students partner with entrepreneurs from the Start Center to provide technological education and solutions to build good tech habits to grow their small businesses. Supplements the Start Center's work.
IT for Development (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Educational Support		Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	9	180	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education		Traditional ISQA4130 Information Sciences IT for Development
IST Capstone (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Educational Support	Junior Achievement of Omaha	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	9	180	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education		Traditional ISQA8950 Information Sciences Capstone Mgmt Informatn Systms
Introduction to World Religions (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Economic Impact, Social Justice	Siena Francis House	Philosophy and Religious Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	14	140	0	0	0	Homelessness/Shelter		Holocaust center - writing transcripts of a documentary of one of the survivors
Introduction to Gerontology (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	ONE Omaha	Gerontology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	18	360	0	0	0	Gerontology		Honors only Intro to Gerontology: GERO-2000 18 students – interview elders: Social Science data collection- interview, walk-about and phenomenological observation creation of a brief life story include exploration and analysis of the context (neighborhood) and how it has been shaped by them and shaped them assess for livability.
INTRODUCING Reading: 2016-17	Educational Support	City of Omaha, University of Haifa, Youth Emergency Services	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2017-18		None	0	0	0	0	40	Literacy		UNO’s MFA in Writing program is sponsoring the INTRODUCING Reading Series in cooperation with Youth Emergency Services (YES). Each installment will feature a student-writer from YES and two published writers. The series is the brainchild of MFA graduate student Emily Borgmann, who will moderate each event. She has been running writing workshops at YES leading up to this series.
Intro- Topics in Women's Studies (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Durham Museum	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Women and Gender Studies	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	8	120	0	0	0	Gender Equality, History		As part of the course, there will be an emphasis on the lived experiences of women in the Omaha and a project that provides students training in public history and museum studies. This research project will culminate with an exhibit in the Durham Museum
Intro to Topics in Women's Studies (Summer 2018): 2017-18	Social Justice	Jewish Federation of Omaha (JCC)	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Women and Gender Studies	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2017-18	None	None	2	30	0	0	0	Gender Equality		Oral history of Jewish women in Omaha. Students will learn about interviewing skills as they hear women tell their stories with an opening reception. Information will be archived with the Jewish historical society.
Interpersonal Communication Skills (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Completely Kids, Field Club Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Engineering and Construction, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	45	360	59	118	0	Literacy, Youth Programming		UNO students from Dr. Stu Bernstein’s Interpersonal Communication Skills class will be meeting with Field Club 5th graders who are part of the after-school program Completely Kids for the first time. The two groups will meet on a weekly basis in order for the Interpersonal Communication Skills students to practice interaction and communication with others and in turn teach the group of 5th graders a set of skills through a planned and organized activity that they will prepare for them.
Intergenerational Poetry Contest: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Health and Wellness	Nebraska Writers Collective, Omaha Public Library, Omaha Public Schools	Aviation Institute, Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Gerontology	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	55	Poetry		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.
InterFaith Dialogue (Spring 2018): 2017-18	International Service, Social Justice	Central High School, Omaha Public Schools, Inclusive Communities	Philosophy and Religious Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	10	60	5	30	0	Inter/Trans-culture		Students from Dr. Curtis Hutt's Jerusalem class worked with Central High School students and Inclusive Communities. The students worked together to plan a table talk held at Central High School in Spring. The table talk's topic covered the situation in Jerusalem.
Intercultural Senior Center (Summer 2017): 2016-17	International Service	Intercultural Senior Center	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2016-17	None	None	2	66	0	0	0	Inter/Trans-culture		P-16 SOWK 1500 CPACS Social Work and Civic Engagement
Intercultural Games (Fall 2017): 2017-18	International Service	Intercultural Senior Center, Montessori Co-op School	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	19	266	15	90	0	Inter/Trans-culture		Students from Montessori chose games to research and then taught seniors from the Intercultural Senior Center how to play those games. Don Bowen’s photography students took pictures of the interactions that took place between the seniors and elementary students, while they were playing the games.
Legal Aid of Nebraska Intake Process Efficiency & Effectiveness Evaluation (Spring 2016: 2016-17 (454)	Economic Impact, Educational Support, Social Justice	Legal Aid of Nebraska	Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs)	Engaged Research	None	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	1	0	0	0	0	Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness		Using participatory, utilization-focused approaches, STEPs looks forward to designing an evaluation framework for LAN to accomplish the following evaluation activities as it relates to their Legal Help Nebraska (LHN) website. At this early stage, we propose the following evaluation questions: Evaluation Questions (proposed): 1. To what extent are the current intake systems (LHN and phone) efficient and effective in responding to intakes? 2. To what extent will the expanded LHN system be efficient and effective as well as supporting of client satisfaction and positive client outcomes and community impact?
Information Technology for Development (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Start Center	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	10	90	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education		This course enables students to explore, develop and apply concepts in Information Technology for Development (ITD) in the community. After having reviewed the theoretical and applied literature in ITD, students will apply their knowledge of this area by conducting applied research. A great deal of the course involves interaction with micro-enterprise owners in the community. Students will maintain a Journal to reflect on their experiences following every class and every meeting with the client. Journals will be collected and graded periodically throughout the semester. Students will research solutions to some commonly encountered technology-related challenges and develop a module consisting of an analysis of alternative solutions and a tutorial for implementing one of them. They will develop an individualized IT-based solution to a pressing problem or opportunity faced by a microenterprise. Students will work together with a microenterprise in the Omaha community or rural Nebraska. Students will prepare an analysis and plan for future information technology use by a specific microenterprise. Community partners and micro-entrepreneurs will be invited to the final presentations.
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Analysis (Summer 2018): 2017-18	Economic Impact, International Service	Refugee Empowerment Center	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2017-18	None	None	23	920	0	0	0	Refugees, Employment and Workforce		Students will work with a community partner to understand their technical needs and produce a customized database system for their partner.
Independent Study in Psychology (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support		Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	1	15	0	0	0
ILUNO/Holling Heights (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (002)	Educational Support	Holling Heights Elementary, Millard Branch, Omaha Public Library	International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	7	80	27	276	0	Literacy		As a part of UNO’s Service Learning Academy’s P-16 program, the UNO and Holling Heights students will discuss culture and diversity, and work together to develop an art mural for the Holling Heights community. In addition, community partner, Adrian Gomez Meza the immigrant & refugee services coordinator at the Omaha Public Library will assist with a book reading of Same, Same, But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw to springboard culture and diversity dialogue. OPL will ultimately house a piece of the mural – representing the ties that we have to our communities near and far. This event will allow students to continue cultural conversations through the development of an individual art piece.
ILUNO/Holling Heights (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (001)	Educational Support	Holling Heights Elementary, Millard Branch, Omaha Public Library	International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	22	38	21	105	0	Literacy		As a part of UNO’s Service Learning Academy’s P-16 program, the UNO and Holling Heights students will discuss culture and diversity, and work together to develop an art mural for the Holling Heights community. In addition, community partner, Adrian Gomez Meza the immigrant & refugee services coordinator at the Omaha Public Library will assist with a book reading of Same, Same, But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw to springboard culture and diversity dialogue. OPL will ultimately house a piece of the mural – representing the ties that we have to our communities near and far. This event will allow students to continue cultural conversations through the development of an individual art piece.
ICAN (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Social Justice	ICAN	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Women and Gender Studies	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	12	240	0	0	0	Gender Equality		Traditional WGST3020 Arts and Sciences Gender and Leadership I
Hunger Through My Eyes (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Economic Impact, Social Justice	Hunger Free Heartland, Montessori Co-op School	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	20	160	12	72	0	Food and Water Security		UNO students from Don Bowen's Photography class worked with students from Montessori Co-op School and Hunger Free Heartland. The students learned about what Hunger Free Heartland does throughout the state of Nebraska. The students created presentations about the breakfast programs that Hunger Free Heartland sponsors. UNO students took pictures at the mock breakfast event.
Humane Society (Summer 2017): 2016-17	Environmental Stewardship, Health and Wellness	Nebraska Humane Society	Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2016-17	None	None	8	160	0	0	0	Wildlife/Animal Welfare, Health Awareness		Traditional PSYC 4024 Arts and Science Laboratory in Psyc: Learning
Hope Center(Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	The Hope Center for Kids	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	4	148	20	0	0			The Hope Center for Kids provides a safe after-school and summer program where children and youth can take a part in academic support, youth development, employment training and receive a hot meal. UNO students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course will be working with the Hope Center's Employability Program which serves approximately 25-30 youth in 10th-12th grade. The UNO students will develop a presentation around college readiness for the junior and senior high school students at the Hope Center.
Honors Composition II (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	ONE Omaha	English, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	18	360	0	0	0	Gerontology		Honors only Intro to Gerontology: GERO-2000 18 students – interview elders: Social Science data collection- interview, walk-about and phenomenological observation creation of a brief life story include exploration and analysis of the context (neighborhood) and how it has been shaped by them and shaped them assess for livability.
Honors Comp (Fall 2016): 2016-17	International Service, Social Justice	Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska	English, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	16	320	0	0	0	Refugees		Traditional ENGL2160 Arts and Sciences Honors Composition II
Honors Colloquium (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	City of Omaha	Honors Program, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	18	315	0	0	0	History		Students researched various buildings around Omaha to submit to the City of Omaha so that the buildings can be designated historic. They learned about the history of North Omaha through this project.
Honors (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support		Honors Program, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	9	180	0	0	0
History of Women (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Social Justice	Durham Museum	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Women and Gender Studies	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	16	320	0	0	0	History
History Collaboration (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, International Service	Beveridge Magnet Middle School, Omaha Public Schools, El Museo Latino	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Women and Gender Studies	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	8	29	15	78	0	Inter/Trans-culture, History		Students from Maria Arbalaez’ History class, Democratization in Latin American History at UNO, and students Melissa Hoialmen's 8th grade International Business class at Beveridge will work together to provide a service to El Museo. Through this project, students will connect with community resources, will gain an understanding of democratization and the economy of Latin America, will develop a real world understanding of economic terms, and will understand consumer awareness and their buying power. UNO students will connect with the Beveridge students to provide representation and mentorship, and will help to create a path to the university.
Heron Haven Analysis (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Environmental Stewardship, Health and Wellness	Heron Haven	Chemistry, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	4	80	0	0	0	Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Heron Haven (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Environmental Stewardship	Burke High, Omaha Public Schools, Heron Haven	Biology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	25	275	14	147	0	Wildlife/Animal Welfare		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
Heartland Family Services (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (002)	Economic Impact	Heartland Family Services	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	5	189	0	0	0	Food and Water Security, Employment and Workforce, Self-Sufficiency		Heartland Family Services - Family Works is a long-term (6-9 months) residential substance abuse and mental health programs in Iowa and Nebraska for women with children. Family Works with collaborating with two groups of students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course. One group will be working with group facilitators to co-facilitate and direct a parenting class groups on Wednesday evenings. This will include helping with infant/toddler care, school-aged ‘Kids Club’, and observing staff facilitated parenting class. Students are also participating in the substance abuse groups as an observer.
Heartland Family Services (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	Heartland Family Services	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	7	248	3	0	0	Substance Abuse, Holistic Wellness		Heartland Family Services - Family Works is a long-term (6-9 months) residential substance abuse and mental health programs in Iowa and Nebraska for women with children. Family Works with collaborating with two groups of students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course. One group will be working with group facilitators to co-facilitate and direct a parenting class groups on Wednesday evenings. This will include helping with infant/toddler care, school-aged ‘Kids Club’, and observing staff facilitated parenting class. The other group will work with group facilitators to co-facilitate and direct another skill-building/treatment-programming class during the day on Fridays. On Saturdays, UNO students from the Friday group will prepare a recreational outing for the residents and their children.
Health Aspects of Aging (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support		Gerontology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	5	75	0	0	0			Health Aspects of Aging Traditional Project
Healing and Survivance: Native American Women and Health in their Communities: 2016-17	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), History	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	38			A film screening and panel discussion.
Head Start Needs Assessment (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (476)	Educational Support	Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties	Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs)	Engaged Research	None	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	1	0	0	0	0	Early Childhood Education, Youth Programming, Capacity Building		Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties is a community-based organization that serves as the federal Early Head Start (EHS) and Head Start (HS) Grantee for Lancaster and Saunders Counties. According to Head Start regulations, an assessment of the program service area is required every three years. The goal of this assessment is to document community needs and resources as they pertain to EHS/HS-eligible children and families within the service area. Data generated from this assessment are intended to guide program planning and delivery. This project will produce that community assessment by: 1. Building a foundational understanding of the program status and goals a. Project definition b. System conceptualization c. Early childhood education and Head Start trends 2. Gathering, analyzing, and reporting the required and desired components of the community assessment a. Program population profile b. Population needs assessment c. Program providers profile d. Community resources profile
Head Start (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Educational Support	Sarpy County Head Start	Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	3	60	0	0	0	Capacity Building		Traditional PSYC8530 Arts and Sciences Early Childhood Assessment
Grant Writing Tips: 2016-17	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC)	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	10			Building partners are invited to join Sara Woods, an experienced grant writer who previously taught courses in grant writing. This presentation will hopefully assist your nonprofit organization with skills in grant writing and result in more potential funding from grants.
Global Youth Service Day - 4/8/2017: 2016-17 (003)	Social Justice	Black Police Officers Association, Papillion High School	Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative)	Volunteering	Volunteerism	None	Spring	2016-17		None	5	5	10	55	0			Assisted with Easter egg hunt, cleaned and tore down after event
Global Youth Service Day - 4/8/2017: 2016-17 (002)	Economic Impact, Social Justice	Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska	Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative)	Volunteering	Volunteerism	None	Spring	2016-17		None	22	81	1	5	0	Veteran Support		Assisted with educational activities for over 150 troop members
Global Youth Service Day - 4/8/2017: 2016-17 (001)	Environmental Stewardship, Social Justice	Abide Omaha	Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative)	Volunteering	Volunteerism	None	Spring	2016-17		None	7	22	1	5	0	Neighborhood Revitalization		Canvassed to promote upcoming neighborhood events
Global Youth Service Day - 4/21/18: 2017-18 (002)	Economic Impact, Educational Support, Environmental Stewardship	UNL Nebraska Extension	Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative)	Volunteering	Volunteerism	None	Spring	2017-18		None	26	0	2	0	3	Rural Community Vitality, Gardens/Plantlife		Forrest Stewardship Project. Understanding the need for manually restoring the native upland dry-mesic oak forest habitat / ecosystem in the condition of anthropogenic suppressed fire occurrences AND the biodiversity threats caused by introduced & invasive plant species. This short talk will then lead to actually manually restoring the native forest.
Global Youth Service Day - 4/21/18: 2017-18 (001)	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Social Justice	Aksarben-Elmwood Neighborhood Association	Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative)	Volunteering	Volunteerism	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	8	0	0	0	7	Neighborhood Revitalization, Art		Canvassing for neighborhood association membership. We will be breaking into 4 quadrants and putting information in the door handles at each home.
Global Voices (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Social Justice	Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Washington Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	9	22	25	93	0			Stephanie Lynam's ILUNO students work with Beth Grimmond's 3rd grade class from Washington Elementary. The first interaction consisted of the elementary students interviewing the ILUNO students to learn about their culture. The second interaction hosted a time for students to create a craft together that was donated the same day to Aksarben Senior Living. ASL also provided a tour to the students.
Global Voices (Fall 2017): 2017-18	International Service	Brownell Talbot	International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	12	24	29	58	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Refugees		Between December 2017 and February 2018, international students from Instructor Stephanie Lynam’s Intensive English Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (ILUNO) will meet with the third grade students at Brownell Talbot School. Students will engage in various activities: making world holiday cards for Omaha’s refugees and sharing folktales from around the world. Cards are going to Refugee Empowerment Center and LFS. Students will also have campus tours on both UNO and Brownell.
Get Your Worth (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Social Justice	Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska, Lewis and Clark Middle School, Omaha Public Schools	Black Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	9	31	20	30	0			First-time project. Students from BLST/WGST 1950 Black Women in America class worked with Girl Scout troop from Lewis & Clark Middle School for several after-school sessions to discuss life goals, career planning, and salary negotiation. Students worked on self-expression, building self-confidence and self-efficacy.
Get the Word Out: Rad Women (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Health and Wellness, Social Justice	Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools, Youth Emergency Services	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	14	742	26	58	0	Develop./Physical Disability, Theatre and Cinema		UNO students from Dr. Ritzman’s Speech Language Disorders course will work with the Blackburn Alternative Program students from Ms. Deana Colon's Yearbook and English classes and Ms. Hilary George's Computer Graphic Design classes. The UNO students will carefully plan the lessons prior to their classroom visits. This semester's research focus is "rad women" in Omaha in conjunction with another SLA project. The art pieces will be featured in a gallery/showcase and proceeds from the gallery will be donated to the Youth Emergency Services, Inc.
Get the Word Out (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools, Pilgram Baptist	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	18	612	35	54	0	Develop./Physical Disability		Students from SPED 4750 Speech Language Disorders class work throughout the semester in classrooms at Blackburn Alternative Program to assist with language skills. This semester, UNO students worked in Yearbook, Biology, and Art classes. The Yearbook class worked to develop web and print content for Pilgrim Baptist Church's 100th anniversary.
Gerontology (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Health and Wellness	Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska	Gerontology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	16	320	0	0	0	Gerontology
Generated Imagery (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Educational Support		Fine Arts, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	10	200	0	0	0			ART3140
Generalist Practice II (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Economic Impact	No More Empty Pots	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	12	180	0	0	0	Self-Sufficiency		Students will create videos to increase visibility to community stakeholders, mission what they do, activities
Gender and Leadership (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support, Social Justice	Inclusive Communities	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Women and Gender Studies	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	15	225	0	0	0	Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Leadership and Mentoring, Gender Equality		Students in Gender and Leadership are planning a Gender and Leadership Table Talk with Inclusive Communities. Staff from Inclusive Communities are training students to facilitate discussions. Students decided on themes, speakers for a panel, and logistics of the event in partnership with Inclusive Communities to have an event open for the community.
Fundamentals of World Regional Geography (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	ONE Omaha	Gerontology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	18	360	0	0	0	Gerontology		Honors only Intro to Gerontology: GERO-2000 18 students – interview elders: Social Science data collection- interview, walk-about and phenomenological observation creation of a brief life story include exploration and analysis of the context (neighborhood) and how it has been shaped by them and shaped them assess for livability.
Foundations: Drawing Design: 3D (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Sociology & Anthropology	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	13	195	0	0	0
Foundations: Color & Visual Literacy (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Sociology & Anthropology	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	19	285	0	0	0
Foundations of Recreation Therapy (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support		Philosophy and Religious Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	19	285	0	0	0
Foundations of Public Administration: 2016-17	Social Justice		Public Administration, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	11	220	0	0	0
Foundations of PA (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support		Public Administration, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	17	255	0	0	0
Foster Grandparents (Summer 2017): 2016-17	Social Justice	Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging	Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2016-17	None	None	1	20	0	0	0			Traditional PSYC 4920 Arts and Science Volunteer Program Assessment
For a Better Omaha (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support	McMillan Magnet Center, Omaha Public Schools	Criminology and Criminal Justice, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	8	392	20	320	0	Raise Awareness		UNO computer design students worked with McMillan Middle School computer application students to develop an application that would make their community better. Students developed applications that would give them a voice in choosing school lunches, organizing time with their families, a sleep schedule and an anti bullying application. UNO students will present their finalized applications to McMillan students for a final critique.
Food for Thought (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (002)	Social Justice	Adams Park Community Center, Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	6	174	12	1,176	0			High school students in the Foods and Culinary programs at Blackburn Alternative Program prepare a meal throughout the week to serve to seniors at Adam’s Park Community Center. As the high schoolers serve the meal to the seniors, UNO students help to serve the seniors drinks and carry plates to their seats. Throughout the lunch hour, UNO and Blackburn students interact with the seniors through conversation, card games, bingo, and dominos.
Food For Thought (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (002)	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	Adams Park Community Center, Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	5	189	0	0	0	Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Gerontology		Food for Thought is a long-term service learning project that connects the culinary program at Blackburn Alternative Program with the senior’s programming at Adams Park Community Center. Every Wednesday, Blackburn students will create a healthy meal for the seniors at Adams Park. At this project, UNO students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course will focus on helping serve at the meals and interact with the seniors creating intergenerational relationships. The project culminates with a Thanksgiving celebration, Fall Harvest, at Blackburn Alternative Program.
Food For Thought (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	Adams Park Community Center, Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	4	120	4	228	0	Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Gerontology		Food for Thought is a long-term service learning project that connects the culinary program at Blackburn Alternative Program with the senior’s programming at Adams Park Community Center. Every Wednesday, Blackburn students will create a healthy meal for the seniors at Adams Park. At this project, UNO students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course will focus on helping serve at the meals and interact with the seniors creating intergenerational relationships. The project culminates with a Thanksgiving celebration, Fall Harvest, at Blackburn Alternative Program.
Food for Thought: 2016-17 (001)	Social Justice	Adams Park Community Center, Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	5	142	14	630	0
Food for a Growing Population (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Burke High, Omaha Public Schools, Whispering Roots	Biology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	25	275	5	20	0	STEM/STEM Education, Climate and Sustainability		This project will introduce students from UNO and Burke High School to the concept of hydroponics. Hydroponics is a form of sustainable agriculture practice that can be done on both a commercial scale as well as in individual persons homes. The technique uses only ten percent of the water used in traditional agriculture with up to thirty percent more yield. The students will be building their own systems. Due to uncontrollable circumstances midway through the project, the students were unable to grow the produce to donate to other students at Burke High School.
Food Computer (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Economic Impact	King Science Magnet, Whispering Roots	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	12	168	42	252	0	Rural Community Vitality		This project will introduce the concept of OpenAg – Food Computer to K-12 students. The personal food computer is a tabletop-sized, controlled environment agriculture technology platform that uses robotic systems to control and monitor climate, energy, and plant growth inside of a specialized growing chamber. Climate variables such as carbon dioxide, air temperature, humidity, dissolved oxygen, potential hydrogen, electrical conductivity, and root-zone temperature are among the many conditions that can be controlled and monitored within the growing chamber to yield various phenotypic expressions in the plants [1,2]. UNO students will assist in building the food computer while the King Science students will develop formulas for growing food. Additionally the community partner, Parallel Technologies, will benefit from the data collection facilitated by students throughout the semester.
FLC/Nathan Hale (Spring 2017): 2016-17	International Service	Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Nathan Hale Middle School, Omaha Public Schools	Freshman Leadership Council, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	20	12	17	17	0
FLC(Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Nathan Hale Middle School, Omaha Public Schools	Freshman Leadership Council, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	20	160	20	80	0	Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming		Sara Ridgley’s students from Nathan Hale Middle School worked together with the members from UNO’s Freshman Leadership Council. The students all participated in activities that revolved around personality traits. Early in the semester, all of the students took personality test to determine what category they would fall into. FLC members then created activities that all of the participants could partake in together. FLC connected with middle school students to help learn about government and student involvement. All students worked to make placements together which were donated to Children's Hospital.
Feedback Writing Workshop: 2016-17	Educational Support	Kaneko, Nebraska Writers Collective	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), UNO Libraries	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	0	0	0	0	51	Literacy		This interactive reading series asks the question: What happens when writers pull back the curtain on their creative process and invite the audience to become part of the conversation? Feedback is an ongoing series that aims to enliven the conversation about the writing process. Part reading, part conversation, the goal of this reading series is to provide working writers with a space to read and discuss their work, to invigorate the audience by inviting them into the writer’s process and creative development, and, through our free writing workshops, to provide adults and young adults in our community an opportunity to generate their own work.
Family-Centered Partnerships (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	27	405	0	0	0
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Family Finding Statewide Evaluation (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (511)	Economic Impact, Educational Support, Social Justice	Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services	Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs)	Engaged Research	None	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	1	0	0	0	0	Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Youth Programming, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness		The goal of this evaluation plan (statement of work) is to provide an independent evaluation of the effectiveness and fiscal impact of the family finding statewide pilot as stipulated in Legislative Bill 243 (Section 8). This evaluation will be conducted by the Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs) program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. It will be led by Jeanette Harder, PhD, and Pamela Ashley, M.Ed. The goals of the family finding statewide pilot as stipulated in LB 243 are as follows: 1. Promote kinship care and lifelong connections through the process of family finding. Family finding is the process of engagement, searching, preparation, planning, decision-making, lifetime network creation, healing, and permanency (Sections 1-3). a. Search for and identify family members and engage them in planning and decision-making. b. Gain commitments from family members to support a child through nurturing relationships c. Achieve a safe, permanent legal home or lifelong connection for the child, either through reunification or through permanent placement through legal guardianship or adoption. 2. Prevent recurrence of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other maltreatment of children. 3. Reduce the length of time children spend in foster care. 4. Reduce multiple placements of children in foster care.
Family Centered Partnerships (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Social Justice		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	29	580	0	0	0
Fall Festival (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Autism Society of NE	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	14	252	0	0	0	Raise Awareness		UNO students from Dr. Ritzman’s autism spectrum disorders class develop activities for a Fall Festival for children (preschool to school age) who are a part of the Autism Society of Nebraska. This project reinforces classroom curriculum for UNO students by practicing supports and knowledge about ASD and implementing them in the form of a Fall Festival. The festival benefits ASN by having a gathering for children and families to celebrate fall/Halloween that they may not be able to participate in the larger public. Public spaces and some school activities are not always catered towards individuals with autism, causing and overwhelming experience. The students make this environment friendly and safe for the families to participate.
Fall Festival: 2016-17	Educational Support	Autism Society of NE	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	20	371	0	0	0	Raise Awareness
Avenue Scholars Foundation Extended Evaluation (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (515)	Educational Support	Avenue Scholars Foundation	Social Work, Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs)	Engaged Research	None	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	1	0	0	0	0	Youth Programming, Capacity Building		In Years 3 and 4 of our evaluation of the Avenue Scholars Foundation, we will perform both quantitative and qualitative projects to evaluate their high school, college, and career services. Some projects will be submitted for publication and presentation at professional conferences and, therefore, we will seek IRB approval. Other projects, however, will only be completed for purposes of informing Avenue Scholars' services.
Expert Media Tips: 2016-17	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Communication	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Spring	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	15			A presentation for nonprofit organizations housed in the Weitz CEC to help build their knowledge about working with local media to elevate their missions.
Evaluation of Social Programs (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Nebraska AIDS Project	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	23	3,565	0	0	0	Capacity Building		Unknown
Etiquette Through Music (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Courteous Kids, Western Hills Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	11	220	12	132	0	Youth Programming, Music/Dance		In partnership with Courteous Kids, UNO elementary music students work with Western Hills Elementary School students who participate in the music elective course and are participants of etiquette classes. The UNO students develop piggyback songs in order to help the Western Hills students remember the etiquette rules they learned in etiquette class. Together they practice the songs and they will be applying their songs at their culminating event, a luncheon. Courteous Kids presented information to students near end of project.
Etiquette through Music (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Courteous Kids, Western Hills Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	8	130	12	6	0	Youth Programming, Music/Dance
Ethnic Diversity Language Book: 2016-17	International Service, Social Justice	Gomez Heritage Elementary, Intercultural Senior Center	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	3	39	12	126	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Ethnic Diversity Class (Girls Inc) (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Girls Inc.	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	4	72	12	12	0	Raise Awareness		Students from Dr. Jieru Bai’s Ethnic Diversity class will be meeting with young women from Girls Inc. to discuss their motivations and barriers to college. The UNO students will be creating a college resource guide for Girls Inc. to utilize with their college readiness curriculum. Additionally, the UNO students will give the young women a tour of UNO tailored to their interests.
Ethnic Diversity Class (Completely KIDS) (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Completely Kids	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	4	72	12	12	0	Raise Awareness		Students from Dr. Jieru Bai’s Ethnic Diversity class will be meeting with young students and parents at Completely Kids. The UNO students will be discussing the topic of cultural identity with the Completely Kids students. The social work students will be surveying parents to get their feedback regarding cultural identity within their family. The project will culminate with an end of semester family night focusing on cultural identity.
Environmental Warriors (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship	Completely Kids, Norris Middle School, Omaha Public Schools	Political Science, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	15	225	15	120	0	Civic and Political Engagement, Clean Water/Water Management		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.
Elementary Spanish Club I (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, International Service	Joslyn Art Museum	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Spanish Club	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	27	324	0	0	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Literacy, Youth Programming, Art		Students will plan and promote a Hispanic Cultural Festival in partnership with the Joslyn Art Museum to increase the Museum's effort of bringing Spanish Club-speakers to the Museum. At the festival, students in SPAN 1110 will assist in art-making via traditional crafts with visitors
Elementary Printmaking (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Health and Wellness, International Service	Intercultural Senior Center	Fine Arts, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	16	96	0	0	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Gerontology		Students will work with seniors on learning basic printmaking skills and they will co-create pieces. This will involve three visits, the first to get acquainted with the site, and the second two will be to create the pieces.
Editing Principles Art: 2016-17 (002)	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Adams Park Community Center, McMillan Magnet Center, Omaha Public Schools	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	11	55	38	342	0	Art
Editing Principles Art (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (001)	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Beveridge Magnet Middle School, Omaha Public Schools, Teen Literacy Center	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	6	60	38	266	0	Art
Early Childhood Assessment (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Sarpy County Head Start	Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	7	210	0	0	0	Early Childhood Education		Sites include Head Start and Early Childhood Intervention classrooms students will meet with teacher and determine which students would benefit from play, pre-academic concepts, social or behavioral interventions. Then, students develop an individualized problem-solving plan for one or more of the children collaboratively with the early childhood teacher. Regular site visits are necessary.
Drill Meet (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Economic Impact, Social Justice	Hunger Collaborative, Millard South High School, Millard Public Schools	Aviation Institute, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	0	0	0	0	0	Food and Water Security
Drill Meet (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Social Justice	Alliance for a Better Omaha, Millard South High School, Millard Public Schools	Aviation Institute, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	10	105	83	61	0			UNO students from the Arnold Society of ROTC will work with Millard High School Junior ROTC cadets to provide an introduction to the UNO ROTC program, mentorship and a visit to campus. They will also collaborate on two Mobile Food Pantry service opportunities for Veterans in the community. They are collaborating with Alliance for a Better Omaha to arrange the Food Pantries.
Dreaming Big 1 (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	The Hope Center for Kids	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	8	88	0	0	0	Leadership and Mentoring		UNO students will assist with the development of college readiness goals for Hope Center youth, who are selected and involved in a leadership group at the Hope Center. The students practiced goal setting and goal making S.M.A.R.T. goals(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely.).Hope Center youth got to practice their new skills with the UNO students at the end of the project. Youth came to campus to help see what college would be like as they developed their goals.
Drawing: 2016-17	Educational Support		Fine Arts, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	15	300	0	0	0
Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler - Universal Design for Learning: 2016-17	Educational Support	University of Washington	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Digital Learning	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	50	STEM/STEM Education		Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D., is an expert on universal design and inclusive learning environments. Burgstahler is an affiliate professor in Education and the director of Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is the author of Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice. She is a popular speaker on how universal and related proactive design strategies can promote an inclusive culture by making learning activities, technology, physical spaces, and student services at postsecondary institutions welcoming and accessible to everyone.
Down Syndrome Alliance (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	7	455	21	21	0			Social Work 1500 students work with Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands (DSM) through support of the Learning Program and the School Enrichment Academy after school programs, and parent groups. The Learning Program is for children ages 4-7 years old and their parents, weekly topics to be covered include: Introduction to Literacy and Early Concepts of numbers, shapes, sorting, and patterns. The School Enrichment Academy is a DSA partnership with Little Leaf Learning Center. This program is for children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. UNO Students will help with tutoring based upon an established curriculum. Learning objectives include sight words, spelling, literacy, math skills, handwriting, and more. At both programs, students will assist educators with classroom needs and will work directly with the children and parents. They will create a promotional video that is placed on the Down Syndrome Alliance website.
Digital and Social Media Responsibility (Summer 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support	Lewis and Clark Middle School, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha Public Library	Fine Arts, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2016-17	None	None	10	40	20	0	0	Raise Awareness		ART 2200 CFAM Type Design and Typography
Dialoguing in Today's World (Summer 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support, International Service	South Omaha Boys and Girls Club	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2016-17	None	None	20	600	35	280	0	Inter/Trans-culture		As part of their P-16 service learning project, students in Dr. Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo’s TED 8130 Language, Culture & Power course will celebrate several weeks of leading conversations with students at the Boys & Girls Club of South Omaha (BGC). During this final project event, the Club members in partnership with the UNO students presented their experiences through their creative talents. It will be a worthwhile event that shares perspective of today’s tweens on timely and relevant issues. Family and community members will be invited to attend and will enjoy conversation and refreshments following the presentations.
Dialogue with Muslim Communities in Omaha: Muslim Women Violence and Peacekeeping Speaker Najera Syeed: 2016-17	International Service, Social Justice	Claremont School of Theology, Humanities Nebraska, Malcolm X Memorial Foundation	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Black Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Studies, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Political Science, Women and Gender Studies	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	70	Inter/Trans-culture, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity		Each year the Islamic Studies Program along with Sustained Dialogue at University of Nebraska-Omaha holds two community conversations facilitated by leading scholars in the field of Islamic Studies. These events are intended to stimulate dialogue between local Muslims and broader Omaha metropolitan community. The project not only educates audiences about the Muslim experience in the United States but also builds bridges between Muslims and the broader community through providing meaningful interactions among diverse groups in the Omaha metropolitan community.
Del Bharath class (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support		Public Administration, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	18	360	0	0	0			PA 3600, Personnel and Volunteer Management
Data Visualization (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	DoD - Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	21	1,071	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education		Commingled human remains are often encountered in archaeological and forensic contexts. A bone by bone inventory is an important step in determining the minimum number of individuals. This process must occur for individual identification to be possible. The Students worked on building data visualizations for skeletal element measurements, zones, pathology, dna, taphonomy, pairs and articulations. These visualizations would help forensic anthropologist in their analysis efforts.
Culturally Responsive Teaching (Summer 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Girls Inc.	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2017-18	None	None	35	350	10	0	0			UNO students will work with Girls Inc participants to discover interests and identify a topic to study. They will demonstrate skills related to relationships building and tailor lessons using culturally responsive techniques.
Cultural Narratives (Spring 2017): 2016-17	International Service, Social Justice	Brownell Talbot	International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	6	52	35	175	0	Inter/Trans-culture
Create the Best Volunteer Experience: 2016-17	Educational Support	Omaha Public Library	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Volunteer Program Assessment-UNO	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	0	0	0	0	7	Capacity Building		As experts on volunteer satisfaction and evaluation for nonprofits, VPA-UNO wants to share information to help organizations learn how to create better experiences for volunteers.
Connections Through Music (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Learning Community Center of South Omaha, Platteview High School	Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	4	32	23	46	0	Youth Programming, Music/Dance		On Monday, September 18th, UNO students from Professor Fannin’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble class will connect with families from the Learning Community Center of South Omaha, and Springfield Platteview students from Ms. Ehrke’s class for a service learning collaboration. All partners will meet on campus for lunch first then will split up to their designated areas. Professor Fannin and her students will work with the parents from the Learning Community Center to teach them about musical instruments and provide instruments that they will be able to try out for themselves. Ms. Ehrke’s students will have activities prepared for the younger children from the Learning Community Center. At the end, all children and students will gather to listen into the rehearsal put on by the parents and UNO students.
Composition (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support		English, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	19	380	0	0	0
Completely PAWS: 2016-17 (002)	Environmental Stewardship, Social Justice	Completely Kids, Nebraska Humane Society	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	4	136	4	16	0	Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Completely Kids (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Economic Impact, Educational Support	Completely Kids	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	8	302	0	0	0	Homelessness/Shelter, Youth Programming		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.
Completely Kids (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Economic Impact, Educational Support	Completely Kids	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	4	232	12	12	0	Homelessness/Shelter, Youth Programming		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 helping to lead a nutrition/cooking club on Tuesdays/Thursdays, in collaboration with Together, Inc. Nutrition Club encourages kid participation using food jokes, sharing interesting food facts to learn about nutrition, and cooking with the use of kid-appropriate recipes. This project will conclude with the creation of a kid-inspired recipe book comprised of the dishes made during club. The club participants will also work with an artist to paint a mural in the food pantry of Together, Inc. the mural was in process at the end of the project.
Community Science Table: October: 2017-18	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Community Science Table	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	0	0	0	0	15			How do you feel about the phrase, “scientists say”? This event aims to discuss how social perspectives, information-cultivating strategies, and rhetoric, all shape public understanding of science in the 21st century. This month, discuss ideas spanning from Aristotle to noted neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran. Join an exercise in developing as effective communicators of science. Presentation by Andrew Wahl. This Month: Andrew Wahl focuses on ideas spanning from Aristotle to noted neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran. Attendees can take part in an exercise towards developing as effective communicators of science. Meetings are held monthly. Community Science Table is an organization for making science accessible to all by facilitating communication between scientists and the public. They organize venues that attend to the public’s inquiries and perceptions of science and prepare UNO STEM students to be more effective and approachable communicators.
Community Science Table: November: 2017-18	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Community Science Table	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	0	0	0	0	50			This Month: Dr. Roma Subramanian's presentation looks at how news stories on mental illness challenge or perpetuate stigma and how visual narratives might help decrease stigma. Subramanian's research includes the construction and effects of health news and campaigns, with regard to stigmatized disorders. Meetings are held monthly. Community Science Table is an organization for making science accessible to all by facilitating communication between scientists and the public. They organize venues that attend to the public’s inquiries and perceptions of science and prepare UNO STEM students to be more effective and approachable communicators.
Community Science Table: March: 2017-18	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Community Science Table	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2017-18	Spring	2017-18	0	0	0	0	12			No description for this event.
Communication and K2 Awareness (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Health and Wellness	Benson High School, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	19	142	23	109	0	Health Awareness		Students from Professor Marlina Davidson’s Public Speaking Fundamentals course and Ms. Marcie Muhammad’s 10th grade English class will create presentations bringing drug awareness to the Omaha community. This P-16 service learning project highlights the effects synthetic drugs have on the Omaha community and schools. This project reinforces classroom curriculum for UNO and Benson High School students by furthering cultivating their public speaking and presentation skills.
Communication & Leadership: 2016-17	Educational Support	Completely Kids, Field Club Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Engineering and Construction, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	42	252	30	52	0	Leadership and Mentoring
College Prep Family Learning (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support, International Service	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	23	356	31	403	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Youth Programming		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.
College Prep and Family Learning (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (002)	Educational Support, International Service	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	25	800	28	210	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Youth Programming		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.
College Prep and Family Learning (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Educational Support, International Service	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	24	768	29	188	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Youth Programming		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.
College Prep & Family Learning (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (002)	Educational Support	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	23	517	34	0	0	Youth Programming
College Prep & Family Learning: 2016-17 (001)	Educational Support	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	23	483	0	0	0	Youth Programming
City Sprouts Cookbook (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Health and Wellness	City Sprouts, Montessori Co-op School	Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	18	180	10	85	0	Health Awareness		UNO faculty and students in JMC 3110/Photography worked with City Sprouts and and Montessori Co-Op. P-16 Project.
Circle of Friends: 2016-17	Educational Support	Northwest High School, Omaha Public Schools	Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	20	70	17	17	0
Children's Literature at the Library: 2016-17	Educational Support	Omaha Public Library	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	23	460	0	0	0	Literacy
Children's Literature: 2016-17	Educational Support		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	22	440	0	0	0
Children's Literature (Summer 2018): 2017-18 (004)	Educational Support	Sump Memorial Library	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2017-18	None	None	21	31	0	0	0	Literacy		Students are expected to attend one event at a public library. They participate in the event, discuss community partnerships with the librarian, observe strategies in use, and write a reflection paper about their experience.
Children's Literature (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (003)	Educational Support		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	26	390	0	0	0
Children's Literature (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (002)	Educational Support		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	21	315	0	0	0
Children's Literature (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Educational Support	La Vista Public Library	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	27	67	0	0	0	Literacy		The students are required to sign-up for one hands-on experience working with children during a public library event. The experiences were all drastically different, but all included some literacy activities. Student identified the literacy strategies and described the experience in a reflection submitted to the professor.
Child Welfare: 2016-17	Social Justice		Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	21	420	0	0	0
Chemistry Water Testing (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship	Northwest High School, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance	Chemistry, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	3	3	19	28	0	Clean Water/Water Management		AP Chemistry students from Northwest High School and general chemistry students from UNO will test water from various homes around Omaha for lead. They will also test the theory that running water for a certain amount of seconds (5,10,15,30) decreases the lead contents to a safe level. They will learn how to use water testing instrumentation and about reporting results for the general public. They are working with Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance to raise awareness of water quality in Omaha as well as providing geographic information about lead content in different areas of the city. The NW High School students will visit UNO to get a tour, gather the water samples from the community, test them at UNO (with UNO students), and then debrief with OHKA and UNO students about the results and what they can do with those results.
Career Connectors Pilot Program Evaluation Metropolitan Community College (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (602)	Economic Impact, Educational Support	Metropolitan Community College (MCC)	Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs)	Engaged Research	None	None	Fall	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	1	0	0	0	0	Employment and Workforce, Capacity Building		Using a participatory, utilization-focused approach, STEPs will evaluate the Career Connectors Pilot Program at Metropolitan Community College. The evaluation will include developing a logic model, multivariate analysis, a costbenefit analysis, and obtaining and evaluating participant feedback.
Capstone MIS (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support		Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	23	460	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education
Capstone Management Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (604)	Educational Support	Midlands Mentoring Partnership	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	12	180	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education		Students will help to develop a CRM system for the organization.
CADRE (Summer 2017): 2016-17	Social Justice	Girls Inc.	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education	Service Learning	Course	None	Summer	2016-17	None	None	29	580	0	0	0			P-16 TED 8190 Education Contemporary Issues in Urban Education (CADRE)
Burke Gardens (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Environmental Stewardship	Burke Garden, Burke High, Omaha Public Schools	Biology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	5	30	8	40	0	Gardens/Plantlife		BIOL 3660, 3670 Arts and Science Sustainable Landscape Design and Lab
Brooks Lecture: Violence White Supremacy and #Charlottesville: Can we learn anything from the ethics of war?: 2017-18	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Philosophy and Religious Studies	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	0	0	0	0	60			The Focus of the 2017 Rabbi and Jane Brooks Lecture Series - Violence White Supremacy and #Charlottesville: Can we learn anything from the ethics of war? Many people were shocked and saddened by the violence that came out of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville Virginia on August 11 and 12, 2017 especially when it came to light that three people (one civilian and two state police troopers) were killed during the events of the August 12 rally. Much has been written since the events on intersecting questions of race and racism the nature of protests the function of historical memory and the role of authorities before during and after the events. This talk attempts to understand what happened that day from a particular angle: It aims to ask what sort of violence or threats of violence were present on August 11 and 12 whether the violence was sanctioned (police presence) or unsanctioned (street brawling) and how we might sort out and understand the various uses of violence or threat of violence in a chaotic protest situation.
Boystown Ethics (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support	Boys Town	Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	Spring	2017-18	13	221	17	170	0			The Boys Town Business Ethics project is a collaboration between UNO students and students from Boys Town High School. Students work together and discuss different ethical dilemmas presented in real world settings. The students will develop presentations with various ethical lessons. The purpose of this is to foster an understanding of ethical issues students may face in life, to empower students to create a presentation and develop public speaking skills, as well as to teach the lessons they learn over the semester to others. At the end of the semester Boys Town students and UNO students will get together and present their presentations to fourth and fifth grade students at Boys Town. The goal will be to strength the ethics lessons in their minds as well as to foster the ability to present and teach to others.
Boys Town Ethics (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Educational Support	Boys Town	Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	8	116	16	128	0
Black Studies: 2016-17	Social Justice		Black Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	29	580	0	0	0
Black Resistance (Spring 2017): 2016-17	Social Justice	Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, Nathan Hale Middle School, Omaha Public Schools	Black Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	25	25	51	76	0
Black Experience in American Politics (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Social Justice	Benson High School, Omaha Public Schools, Civic Nebraska	Black Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	20	90	24	84	0			Benson African American History students engage with UNO Black Politics students three times over the course of the semester to discuss voter registration, voter turnout, and encourage voter registration at UNO and in North Omaha. Furthermore, students will work together to survey North Omaha residents regarding their voting habits in order to identify potential barriers. P-16 Project
Black Experience in American Politics (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (002)	Educational Support, Social Justice	Benson High School, Omaha Public Schools, Civic Nebraska	Black Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	Spring	2017-18	15	45	13	13	0	Inclusion, Diversity & Equity		Students from Preston Love Jr.’s Black Experience in American Politics class are partnering with Joshua Jablonski’s Benson High School students on a community survey. The survey asked Omaha residents about why they voted in previous elections or why they chose not to. The survey used Professor Love’s previous research in North Omaha to inform and strengthen the research. Due to challenges in the project, this semester was not able to gather survey results. UNO students went to Benson HS to talk about importance of voting and the African American experience in politics.
Black Experience in American Politics (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Economic Impact, Social Justice	Benson High School, Omaha Public Schools, Civic Nebraska	Black Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	25	56	15	18	0	Food and Water Security, Veteran Support		Students from Preston Love Jr.’s Black Experience in American Politics class are partnering with Joshua Jablonski’s Benson High School students on a community survey. The survey asked Omaha residents about why they voted in previous elections or why they chose not to. The survey used Professor Love’s previous research in North Omaha to inform and strengthen the research. The group got together in November to discuss the survey results, take a tour, and hear presentations from scholarship groups and student involvement on UNO’s campus.
Biology: 2016-17	Health and Wellness		Biology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	15	300	0	0	0
Bill Anderson Fund Workshop: 2016-17	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Emergency Management and Disaster Science	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Spring	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	29			The Bill Anderson Fund (BAF) Workshop is designed to help students working in the fields of emergency management and hazard mitigation expand their professional and leadership skills. The BAF Workshop welcomes a number of speakers from around the Midwest with a wide variety of experience in the hazard, disaster and academic fields.
Beveridge Community Garden: 2016-17	Environmental Stewardship, Social Justice	Beveridge Magnet Middle School, Omaha Public Schools, City Sprouts	International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17		None	22	38	21	105	0	Gardens/Plantlife
Between Fantasy and Reality: The Medieval Representation of Architecture: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	University of Iowa	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Interdisciplinary Studies	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	0	0	0	0	80	History		How did medieval artists represent architecture? How did Gothic cathedrals constructors prepare their architectural drawings? The talk explores conventions and techniques mosaicists, illuminators, panel painters, and graphic artists used to try to capture in two dimensions the complex reality of buildings and cityscapes - from the early Middle Ages to the cusp of the Renaissance.
Better Together Evaluation Heartland Family Services (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (619)	Educational Support, Health and Wellness	Heartland Family Services	Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs)	Engaged Research	None	None	Fall	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	1	0	0	0	0	Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Youth Programming, Capacity Building, Health Awareness		The purpose of this project is to evaluate the new Better Together program of Heartland Family Service. Collaborating partners include Nebraska Families Collaborative and Douglas County Housing. Better Together is designed to assist child welfare-referred parents who are struggling with substance abuse issues, and their children (see logic model). Process evaluation components determine if services were delivered as intended, how multiple stakeholders worked together to deliver the services, client satisfaction, and to provide a cost-benefit analysis of the program. The outcome evaluation components will determine the outcomes for the families, parents, and children. A nonequivalent quasiexperimental time series research design with follow-up will be utilized with standardized measurement tools. Qualitative research will be utilized to capture rich data for both process and outcome evaluation purposes. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews will be conducted with Better Together parents. The sample available for the second year's outcome evaluation is anticipated to be 25 families in the experimental group (Better Together) and 25 families in the Treatment As Usual (TAU) group.
Belle Ryan Rain Garden (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship	Belle Ryan, The Big Garden	Environmental Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	12	51	27	67	0	Gardens/Plantlife		UNO students from Steve Rodie’s Sustainable Landscape Design will work collaboratively with students from Belle RyanElementary to create a Rain Garden for Belle RyanElementary’s courtyard. Belle Ryanstudents met with UNO students to share their visions for their school rain garden. UNO students then took what they heard from the Belle RyanStudents and developed designs. Students presented in groups at Belle Ryanto PTO and other elementary classes.
Behavior Analysis and Intervention (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Westside School District	Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	7	175	0	0	0	STEM/STEM Education		Students will be matched with a school psychologist or behavior consultant and a classroom teacher from a school within the greater Omaha. Council Bluffs area. The school consultant will select a school0age student for the PSYC 8576 student to observe throughout the semester. They will practice observation and assessment techniques, view various antecedent and consequence strategies in action, and recommend changes to existing behavior support plans.
Before the Flood: 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Center for Urban Sustainability	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	0	0	0	0	14			To celebrate Campus Sustainability Month, the UNO Office of Sustainability is showing Before the Flood. This event is free and open to the public light snacks to be provided. Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet. The film follows Leonardo DiCaprio as he travels to five continents and the Arctic speaking to scientists, world leaders, activists, and local residents to gain a deeper understanding of this complex issue and investigate concrete solutions to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.
Barbara Willson Memorial Lecture Series: Orkideh Torabi Resident at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	51	Art		Resident artists of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts share their works.
Barbara Willson Memorial Lecture Series: Nick Newman Tony Sansone: “The Most Photographed Body in the World”: 2016-17	Educational Support	Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	51			Resident artists of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts share their works.
Barbara Willson Memorial Lecture Series: Joshua Haycraft Resident at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	60	Art		Resident artists of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts share their works.
Barbara Willson Memorial Lecture Series: Ji Yeon Lim Resident at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	30	Art		Resident artists of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts share their works.
Barbara Willson Memorial Lecture Series: Elizabeth Orr Film Screening: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17	Spring	2016-17	0	0	0	0	19	Art		Resident artists of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts share their works.
Autobiographical Reading and writing (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Educational Support	Learning Community Center of South Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), The Goodrich Scholarship Program	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	14	140	0	0	0	Literacy		Students and members of the LCC of South Omaha work together to create autobiographical narratives about how language and literacy impact their lives
Applied Music Lab Recital (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Educational Support		Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	Spring	2017-18	71	1,065	0	0	0
Apostles of Empire: Jesuits and Social Charity in Colonial New France: 2017-18	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Interdisciplinary Studies	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2017-18	Spring	2017-18	0	0	0	0	78			Saving souls or furthering French ambition? Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, French Jesuit missionaries spreading Catholicism amongst the indigenous peoples of North America's Eastern Woodlands were also vectors of social transformation according to French elite urban norms. This talk by Bronwen McShea, Ph.D., analyzes the medical and poverty relief efforts by missionaries and how they were bound up in post-Revolutionary, secularized French imperialism: an increasing identification of colonialism with a philanthropic, “civilizing mission” of uplifting poor, less developed societies around the globe. Bronwen McShea is a Visiting Assistant Professor in History at UNO, where she teaches early modern European and world history. She received her Ph.D. in Early Modern European History from Yale University and her Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She has published in the Sixteenth Century Journal, The Journal of Jesuit Studies, First Things, and elsewhere.
Ancient Mediterranean Studies Fall Lecture - Peace and Prosperity: What Did the Romans Ever Do for Their Subjects?: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Iowa State University	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Interdisciplinary Studies	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	0	0	0	0	70	History		The Romans were brutal conquerors, but it’s usually accepted that they brought peace and prosperity to the provinces. Though some evidence suggests the early Empire experienced economic growth, the nature and extent of that growth remains quite hazy. In his talk, Professor David Hollander (Iowa State University) asks who actually shared in the Imperial “peace dividend.”
American Government (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Social Justice		Political Science, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	38	760	0	0	0
American Family Problems (Fall 2016): 2016-17	Social Justice	Boys and Girls Club of Council Bluffs	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Sociology & Anthropology	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	None	None	6	120	0	0	0
Alliance for a Better Omaha (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (002)	Health and Wellness	Alliance for a Better Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	6	226	0	0	0	Health Awareness		Social Work 1500 students will be meeting weekly with Alliance for a Better Omaha. Alliance is a collective impact partnership between Together, Inc., Heart Ministry Center, and Food Bank for the Heartland. Students will work collaboratively with staff to make approximately five recipe videos (similar to “Tasty” social media videos). They will use selected recipes from the cookbook that was completed this past semester. The service learning group will meet at food for the Heartland on Mondays for filming the videos. The completed videos will be posted on the Together and Heart Ministries websites and Facebook, and played on the lobby tvs. This project will also include volunteering in the food pantries of Together/Heart, and may include tracking inventory outside the pantry hours. Pantry service times to be established based on student availability, but students will be encouraged to have two groups attending the same times together.
Alliance for a Better Omaha (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Economic Impact, Educational Support	Alliance for a Better Omaha	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	5	200	0	0	0	Poverty, Raise Awareness		Social Work 1500 students will be meeting weekly with Alliance for a Better Omaha. Alliance is a collective impact partnership between Together, Inc., Heart Ministry Center, and Food Bank for the Heartland. For this project, UNO students will provide weekly service hours at the food pantry. During the week, they will also work collaboratively with the nutritionist at Together and clients of the food pantry to create a nutrition guide and cookbook based on SNAP and food pantry items. The final printed book will be made available to support the clients of the food bank.
Agile Development Methods (Spring 2018): 2017-18	Economic Impact	Siena Francis House	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA)	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	Spring	2017-18	9	135	0	0	0	Homelessness/Shelter		Students built educational modules and software tools for workforce development in partnership with Siena Francis House guests. The modules were created to increase workforce skills among guests at Siena Francis house in programming languages and computational thinking.
Advanced Spanish Conversation (Fall 2017): 2017-18	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, International Service	Joslyn Art Museum	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Spanish Club	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	None	None	21	420	0	0	0	Inter/Trans-culture, Literacy, Youth Programming, Art		Students will plan and promote a Hispanic Cultural Festival in partnership with the Joslyn Art Museum to increase the Museum's effort of bringing Spanish Club-speakers to the Museum. At the festival, students in SPAN 4030 will have gallery conversations in Spanish Club with visitors on specific artworks. Students will research art works throughout the semester to become 'experts' on it. SPAN 4030 Traditional Project
Adopt a Classroom (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (002)	Educational Support	Washington Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Young Scholars Program	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2016-17	None	None	16	56	45	90	0	Capacity Building
Adopt a Classroom (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (001)	Educational Support	Washington Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Young Scholars Program	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	16	56	40	40	0	Capacity Building
Adopt a Classroom (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (002)	Educational Support	Civic Nebraska, Washington Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Young Scholars Program	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	None	None	15	60	37	74	0	Leadership and Mentoring		UNO Young Scholar students talk to Washington elementary students about being ready for college, scholarships, and how to get in to college. In the fall, Washington students write to the UNO students to ask them questions, UNO students read the letters, and then come to Washington to talk to the students. In the spring, Washington students come to UNO and UNO students give them a tour of campus, eat with them, and break in to small groups to talk about college.
Adopt a Classroom (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001)	Educational Support	Washington Elementary, Omaha Public Schools	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Young Scholars Program	Service Learning	Course	None	Fall	2017-18	Fall	2017-18	15	67	45	67	0	Leadership and Mentoring		UNO Young Scholar students talk to Washington elementary students about being ready for college, scholarships, and how to get in to college. In the fall, Washington students write to the UNO students to ask them questions, UNO students read the letters, and then come to Washington to talk to the students. In the spring, Washington students come to UNO and UNO students give them a tour of campus, eat with them, and break in to small groups to talk about college. Traditional Project
Admin Social Welfare Agencies: 2017-18	Environmental Stewardship	Fontenelle Forest	Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work	Service Learning	Course	None	Spring	2017-18	Spring	2017-18	15	225	0	0	0	Gardens/Plantlife		Students will write grants for agencies.
A Reading with Lisa Knopp and Anna Redsand: 2016-17	Educational Support		Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), English	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Spring	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	119			Anna Redsand: To Drink From the Silver Cup, is a brave, graceful, and intelligent accout of her struggle to rediscover her lost faith and find acceptance of her sexuality. Lisa Knopp: Bread: A Memoir of Hunger, is all at once an illness, food, and spiritual memoir, will help readers, both those who suffer from a conflicted relationship with food, weight, and self-image and those who do not, to discover that eating disorders and disordered eating are about more than just food and weight.
A Reading by Anand Prahlad	Educational Support, Social Justice	Nebraska Writers Collective	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Community-oriented lecture/event	None	Fall	2016-17	Fall	2016-17	0	0	0	0	64	Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Literacy		Anand Prahlad will read from his memoir The Secret Life of a Black Aspie, winner of the 2016 Permafrost Prize Award for Nonfiction. The Secret Life of a Black Aspie relates the challenges and rewards of being both black and neurodivergent in America, offering a singular perspective on life with Asperger’s. Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes: The legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, praised the memoir as “a remarkable, important, brilliantly written book.” Part of Black History Month with the UNO Office of Multicultural Affairs
A Reading and Workshop: Featuring Graham Foust and Geoffrey Nutter: 2016-17	Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support	Nebraska Writers Collective	Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Fine Arts	Knowledge and Resource Sharing	Workshop	None	Fall	2016-17		None	0	0	0	0	80	Literacy, Poetry		After a reading by Geoffrey Nutter and Graham Foust, Nutter presented his Wallson Glass Writing Workshop. The workshop, Life of the Imagination, is two hours of writing experiments, using an array of texts to create collages of language and thought in the course of adding to the “stock of available reality.” Our day’s work: to watch as language, thought, and dream form weird and luminous syntheses and to reorder our experience of living in the world of things and ideas as poets and human beings. We will avail ourselves of technical journals, art books, strange silent films, unclassifiable texts books on ceramics, glass, antique snuff boxes and clocks constructivist towers, Brutalist structures, weird interiors, stylized ruins, Victorian bric-a-brac and ancient vessels and all manner of bizarre tomes and dream books. And you will write as much as you have ever written in one day. The transformation of the real and the making of speculative worlds. Living in and through the imagination.

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