Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 288
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Students will be required to give two speeches for this course - an informative speech, and a persuasive speech. In the informative speech, the students will talk about their research on the different areas of improvement within the community. Following this speech, the students will each choose a nonprofit of their choice and give a persuasive speech as to how the nonprofit is contributing to the area of focus they chose for the informative speech. At the end of the semester, the students will vote for one organization to recieve the $1000 grant. CMST 1110.037
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 26
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 338
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Students will work in groups (or independently) and partner with a local nonprofit organization to learn about their efforts to combat the effects of racism (i.e., redlining, mass incarceration, food deserts, inequitable public education, predatory lending, maternal mortality, and voter suppression) or any other “ism” covered in class. Students will research and inform fellow groups on the nonprofit organization’s history, significance, goals/mission statement, rationale, stakeholders and targeted groups, events, program activities, planned outcomes, clients, staffing, management plan, financial support/budget, and their personal experience volunteering at the organization. Each student is expected to volunteer at least five hours of community service to the selected organization from the list provided. Lastly, students will vote on which local nonprofit organization presented could most benefit from UNO’s $1,000 MPI course grant based on the course project findings. CRCJ 8120.001
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 21
Start Academic Year: 2022-23
UNO Student Hours: 342
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Students choose an agency to interview and ask what challenges or problems the agency is currently facing. Students then conduct research on the best practices to address this challenge and write a report with these findings. The report is shared with the agency. TRADITIONAL GERO 8676.850
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Civic and Political Engagement, Capacity Building
Description : A UNO student intern who is placed with a CEC building partner to provide program support. This student is paid through a UNO CEC grant/stipend.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Other
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Homelessness/Shelter
Description : MACCH partners annually with the Advanced Community Practice course taught by Dr. Nancy Kelley, serving as a guest presenter for the course, educating on the services provided, and the collective impact model of community service delivery. MACCH engages with students outside of the single-day presentation to answer questions and assist with coursework related to collective impact. Students have also been connected with several MACCH partner organizations for volunteer opportunities stemming from this partnership.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
2
Topics:
Homelessness/Shelter
Description : UNO staff member participation in MACCH HUD CoC Grant Committee. Ongoing
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
1
Topics:
Homelessness/Shelter
Description : UNO staff members serving as a board member of MACCH board.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 50
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : As a collective group, students will work with a nonprofit partner to conduct an equity audit, evaluation, or strategic plan based on the organization's needs related to equity. They will engage with practitioners' experiences and knowledge throughout the semester. PA 3500.001 Traditional
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 480
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : This project involves social justice component which raises awareness about the missing and mudered indigenous women in North America and across globe with partnering with community partners having people who have faced such challenges. Students show thier voices in form of posters and audio/video visuals. HIST 4400.001 Traditional
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 480
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : This project involves social justice component which raises awareness about the missing and mudered indigenous women in North America and across globe with partnering with community partners having people who have faced such challenges. Students show thier voices in form of posters and audio/video visuals. HIST 4400.001