Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
LBTGQ+, Gender Equality, Theatre and Cinema
Description : A 10-film series about Hollywood's representation of queer culture. The series, which runs Saturday, Aug. 26, through Wednesday, Sept. 27, was curated in part by students and faculty from UNO's Women and Gender Studies program. Additional support for the series came from UNO's Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. As part of the series, three of the films are directly co-sponsored by the UNO Women and Gender Studies program: 1) Tuesday, Sept. 12, will feature a sing-along of the musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," which tells the story of a gender-fluid punk rocker from East Berlin. A post-film discussion will be lead by UNO sociology professor Jay Irwin. 2) Tuesday, Sept. 19, will feature "Pariah," the story of a Brooklyn teen who embraces her identity as a lesbian while navigating how her identity affects her relationship with family and friends. A post-film panel will feature a group of national scholars who will discuss queer and intersectional identities in film. 3) Tuesday, Sept. 26, will feature a screening of "The Watermelon Women," with director Cheryl Dunye. The film is a documentary about Dunye's experiences trying to uncover the history of a 1930s black actress known simply as "The Watermelon Woman" while experiencing and uncovering secrets in her own life. Prior to the film's showing, on Sunday, Sept. 17, the UNO Women and Gender Studies program is joining the Nebraska Writer's Collective to host a "Gender Revolt! Poetry and Spoken Word Open Mic" at Muglife Coffee, 2452 Harney St., from 6 to 8 p.m. https://www.unomaha.edu/news/2017/08/uno-groups-partner-with-film-streams-for-lgbtqia-film-series.php
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inequality, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Homelessness/Shelter, Raise Awareness, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Capacity Building, Juvenile/Adult Justice System, Other
Description : Students taking Principles of PR JMC 3230 01 course Students completed pr materials for organizations including fact cards, brochures, as well as made recommendations for websites improvements.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 261
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 53
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 26
Total Number of Other Participants:
8
Topics:
Employment and Workforce, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO students from Instructor Rita Shaughnessy's Fundamentals of Public Speaking course and League of Women Voters will host a workshop for young women from Omaha High Schools. The workshop will introduce them to the political process and possibly encourage them to run for office one day by inviting locally elected women officals to share their experiences and allowing the young women to practice developing a mock political campaign.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 21
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 89
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 22
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 38
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Disadvantaged Populations, Human Rights & Trafficking, Inequality, Civic and Political Engagement, Art, History
Description : Dr. Celinscak's history of Holocaust class will be meeting with students from Omaha North to discuss The Art of Samuel Bak. There is an exhibit coming to UNO featuring his paintings. They will break into small groups and discuss paintings focused on Holocaust, justice, and human rights. Omaha North students will be giving a tour of UNO's art gallery.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 24
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 684
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 6
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 336
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Holistic Wellness, Medical Services, Develop./Physical Disability
Description : UNO Social Work 1500 students will work with gifted and talented eighth grade students from Norris Middle School to plan the Sensory Festival for JP Lord School students and their families. UNO students will experience the field of social work and help the eighth graders learn cultural humility and how to work with students who have multiple disabilities. JP Lord School students will be able to attend a festival in which they may be stimulated while their parents receive information and resources.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 232
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Juvenile/Adult Justice System
Description : UNO students from Professor Mary Kate Hoffmann's Social Work Generalist Practice I course will visit the Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF) four times over the semester. Each student will be assigned to an inmate at the facility. Together each paring will take the Strengthsfinder test. The UNO students will work with their assigned inmate to discuss and process the results of the Strenghtsfinder test, and set goals aligned with their strenghts for their future in and beyond the walls of NCYF.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 90
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 61
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 198
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Gender Equality
Description : Students from Dr. Strasser's Animal Behavior Lab partner with Mrs. Brown's 61 sixth grade students and the Omaha Zoo. Students research an assigned animal and collect behavioral data at the zoo.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 350
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 525
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Disadvantaged Populations, Economic Sufficiency Awareness
Description : UNO students along with Omaha South High Art students will create a cookbook from collected recipes and stories from community members accessing te food pantry at Together Inc. SOWK1500820/Social Work and Civic Engagement. P-16 Project.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 110
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, Substance Abuse, Civic and Political Engagement
Description : UNO students will be working with group facilitators to co-facilitate and direct a parenting class group and a family group. UNO students will assist with infant/toddler care, school age kids club, and observing staff facilitated parenting classes.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 246
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 60
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 120
Total Number of Other Participants:
4
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Youth Programming, Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO students from Instructor Lequisha Sims’s Ethnic Diversity course work with Girls Inc.’s participants in groups: kindergarten-3rd grade, 4th-7th grades, and 8th- 9th grades. They will work together to enhance their understanding of cultural identity.