Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 312
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 49
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 661
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO’s Freshman Leadership Council (FLC) students will work with 7th and 8th grade students from Nathan Hale students. They will learn leadership and community engagement/participation through service activities for Seventy Five North.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 41
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 574
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 169
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 2,028
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Youth Programming, Music/Dance, Art, History
Description : CultureFest celebrates Omaha's rich cultural diversity. As a collaboration among the UNO Service Learning Academy, Beveridge Magnet Middle School and South Magnet High School, this event features food, music, art, performances, booths, activities and prizes for the community to enjoy.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 400
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 225
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Disadvantaged Populations, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO's Intro to Psychology (Thompson Learning Community)and Uta Halee students will work together to create podcasts for The Union for Contemporary Art’s Undesign the Redline around identified topics from The Union. The focus will be “How to have tough conversation around the identified topics.” Eachpodcast will be approximately 5 minutes. The goal of this project is to teach how to have tough conversations by setting up norms and ground rules.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 24
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 984
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 25
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 200
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Poverty, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Social Justice Awareness
Description : Students from Dr. Germaine Huber's Multicultural Education Course are partnered with Mr. Craig Wiles' 5th Grade Students from Crestridge Elementary to discuss the impact of redlining in the Omaha community. Both student groups are working alongisde Robbie Summers with Inclusive Communities to create a final poster presentation based upon 8 different components of redlining.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 26
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 52
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 21
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Raise Awareness, Social Justice Awareness
Description : This Projects was canceled due to the transition to remote learning. UNO students from Professor Preston Love’s class, Black Experience In American Politics (BLST3120), will be visiting students from Mr. Josh Jablonski’s American Government Class at Benson High School to discuss about their service learning project and Black voting rights, etc. They will also be visiting Malcolm X Foundation and participate in service to your foundation while there.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Disadvantaged Populations, Income and Income Equality, Poverty, Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Raise Awareness
Description : This project will bring awareness regarding SNAP benefits through potentially eight podcast conversations concerning community participants, outreach logistics, SNAP state legislation, SNAP efficacy, SNAP and seniors, SNAP and citizens returning from corrections, SNAP and food pantries, and SNAP and retailers. A tour of Together; a session in which we go over what is SNAP and why is it the biggest issue in the fight on hunger; and then the what why and how about the podcasts. The students need to research the topic areas and prepare for discussions with SNAP guests that will make for a good podcast. Students engage in recorded interviews with community participants and experts on a variety of topics.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 53
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring
Description : This project was canceled due to the transition to remote learning. Members of UNO’s Freshman Leadership Council (FLC) worked together with Sara Ridgley’s students from Nathan Hale Middle School’s Student Government. FLC and Nathan Hale students will work together on their ‘Secret Kindness Agents’ project this semester. In this process students will come together to discuss and identify specific activities they will embark on this semester.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 7
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring, Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO Social Work students will work with members of the Circle of Friends group from Omaha Northwest High Magnet School. UNO students will develop active listening and rapport-building skills while helping Circle of Friends members create personal goals with objectives, learn new skills, and adapt in social situations. The goal is to allow graduate social work students to learn clinical skills and Circle of Friends members to learn skills to utilize during and after high school.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
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:
Human Rights & Trafficking, History
Description : Students will interview members of the community who wish to articulate their narratives about religion and human rights issues, especially those who have immigrated to the U.S. or whose family members did. Interviews will be recorded and Tri-Faith will receive copies of the recordings for use in research and possibly exhibits in their proposed "Empathy Museum." Students will present and summarize the interviews at a closing celebration at which interviewees will be present and their contributions honored.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 47
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
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:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Description : Students in Intro to World Religions class work at Sienna Frances house for service learning.