This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community. Various filters are provided to gain a better understanding of how different UNO units collaborate with the community.
| 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: | UNO Faculty/Staff Hours: | Total K-12 Students: | K-12 Student Hours: | Total Number of Other Participants: | Topics: | Other Topics: | Description: | Subtags: |
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. |