Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
40
Topics:
Literacy
Description : 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.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 8
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 120
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Gender Equality, History
Description : 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
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 45
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 360
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 59
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 118
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy, Youth Programming
Description : 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.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
55
Topics:
Poetry
Description : 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.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness
Description : 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?
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 90
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education
Description : 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.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 15
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description :
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 7
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 80
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 27
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 276
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : 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.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 38
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 21
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 105
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : 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.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 4
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 148
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 20
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : 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.