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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| Center for Great Plains Studies(2023-2024): 2023-24 (3354) | Environmental Stewardship | Green Plains | Arts and Sciences | Board Memberships | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fellow of the Center for Great Plains Studies | ||||
| Environmental Biology(Fall 2024): 2023-24 (3371) | Environmental Stewardship | Glacier Creek Preserve | Biology, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The " Pollinators Garden" Project is an exciting and educational collaboration between students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and Walnut Creek Elementary School. In this two-semester endeavor, UNO students enrolled in the BIOL 1330 class will work together with students from Walnut Creek Elementary to create a Pollinator Garden. The primary goal of this project is to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem and to actively contribute to their conservation efforts. To achieve this, both UNO and Walnut Creek students will participate in seed collection activities at Glacier Creek Preserve. BIOL 1330.001 &.850 P-16 | ||||
| Early Intervention: 2023-24 (3370) | Environmental Stewardship | Millard Public Schools | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO Speech Language Pathology graduate students planned and led age appropriate literacy activities for preschoolers at Cody Elementary school. CDIS 8590.001 Traditional/Direct | ||||
| Collaborative Interns - Keep Omaha Beautiful: 2023-24 (3124) | Environmental Stewardship | Keep Omaha Beautiful | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Community-Based Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | None | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education | UNO students hired as Collaborative interns are matched with community organizations, Students are paid through the grant-funded program. Nonprofits coordinate meaningful work for interns to benefit the student experience in different ways. Students typically intern during the fall and spring semesters and may serve the same organization for more than one academic year. Each unique student that works as a Collaborative intern with this specific community partner is identified within this project. | ||
| Omaha Urban Thinkscapes: 2023-24 (3135) | Environmental Stewardship | House of Afros, Capes, and Curls | Volunteer and Civic Engagement Programs | Community-Based Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Omaha Urban Thinkscapes project as community advisor and Historian | ||||
| Community Attendance Alliance: 2023-24 (3133) | Environmental Stewardship | Education Rights Counsel (ERC) | Teacher Education | Community-Based Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shared work for Community Based Attendance Coalition | ||||
| 2024 April 60 Minutes of Service: 2023-24 (3170) | Environmental Stewardship | City Sprouts, Tri-Faith Initiative | Volunteer and Civic Engagement Programs | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2023-24 | Spring | 2023-24 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Come join is for April's 60 Minutes of Service. We will be working in the community garden next to Allwine Hall. | |||
| Indigenous Geographies( Fall 2023): 2023-24 (3188) | Environmental Stewardship | Joslyn Castle & Gardens | Art and Art History, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 41 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emerging Topics in Geography focuses on the latest research areas in the field of geography. The specific topic of each course set will be based on the research trends in geography. This course will be offered on demand. GEOG 4400.860 Traditional | ||||
| Waste Not Want Not (Fall 2023): 2023-24 (3185) | Environmental Stewardship | AARP, Aksarben-Elmwood Neighborhood Association, A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation | Environmental Science, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 13 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students` awareness of composting and zero waste school lunches will be raised during this course. Students will work in groups with Blackburn students to come up with a proposal to give to OPS and UNO staff to expand composting more thoroughly on campus. SUST 1000.001 P-16 | ||||
| 2024 Earth Day of Service (April 2024): 2023-24 (3033) | Environmental Stewardship | Big Muddy Urban Farm, Habitat for Humanity: Omaha, Lauritzen Gardens, Together Omaha | Volunteer and Civic Engagement Programs | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2023-24 | Spring | 2023-24 | 18 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Climate and Sustainability | Earth Day is an opportunity for us to serve the community with a few things in mind; how to be more aware of the environment around us, how to be good stewards of it, and how to care for each other and the places in which we live. | ||
| UNO Exploratory Studies & Together Omaha Gardening Project (Fall 2024): 2023-24 (3194) | Environmental Stewardship | Together Omaha | Interdisciplinary Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 37 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students will grow fall produce and cover crops while learning about food insecurity and the importance of healthy soil for sustained food production. They will also explore various career paths associated with running non-profit organizations that meet community needs. Traditional EXPL 1000 Sections 005&006 | ||||
| RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Fall 2023): 2023-24 (3201) | Environmental Stewardship | Stephen Center, Tri-Faith Initiative | Art and Art History | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 14 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | This project promotes human rights with inter-religion cooperation. Shows support with organizations providing food and support to homeless shelters and non profits with dependencies. It indirectly promotes a sense of cooperation. Helps students in knowing the value of self. Human rights course is a moral tradition of how its cultivated into religions RELI 2020.001 Traditional | ||||
| Legal and Ethical Applications (Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3231) | Environmental Stewardship | Nebraska Appleseed | Business, Finance, Banking, and Real Estate, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO students research the price transparency of hospitals in coordination with Nebraska Appleseed. They use the information found through their research and present to Nebraska Appleseed at the end of the semester. LAWS 3940.001 Traditional |