Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 91
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 18
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 126
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Description : UNO students in Peggy Jones' Black Studies class worked with students from Morris Middle school. Together they learned about Black history in Omaha. The students also created an interactive book for children to complete at the Community Learning Center.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 342
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 34
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 595
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : 2nd grade students from Edison Elementary visit Quality Living, Inc. (QLI) throughout the semester with UNO students to interact with residents at QLI to help students interact with adults with disabilities. This semester, Edison Elementary ACP students also became involved creating a wide variety of experiences and interactions. This project entailed UNO students working with QLI residents to write skits based on a variety of teaching topics for the 2nd grade students. UNO students then worked with both QLI residents and Edison students to practice the skits and create props. At the completion of the project, Edison students, QLI residents, and UNO students performed the skits in front of other QLI residents and some Edison parents at QLI.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 167
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 22
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 308
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : UNO students worked with 2nd grade students at QLI to create 'Buddy Boxes' for QLI residents to use with their loved ones during visits. These Buddy Boxes include a variety of games and activities created by the UNO students and 2nd graders for QLI residents to use when their loved ones visit. The boxes help to create conversation and interactions between those using the boxes.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
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:
108
Topics:
Description : A conference for exploring the boundaries of democracy with nationally renowned speakers with a focus on the future of the labor movement, protecting vulnerable workers, making a difference in the workplace, and sharing powerful messages. Attendees learn more about economic and social justice from a union perspective, with an opportunity to gain six hours of Social Work CEUs.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
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 : Traditional PA8676 (cross-listed with GERO8676) CPACS Prgrms and Services for Elderly
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Youth Programming, Capacity Building
Description : Analysis and interpretation of approximately 1,050 surveys administered by Inclusive Communities to evaluate its signature youth programs. STEPs will work closely with Inclusive Communities staff to enter, analyze, and interpret the information and insights gathered through these survey efforts.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
Faculty Research
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
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, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness
Description : This project brings together participants who represent stakeholders in Omaha from a variety of race, gender, age and socioeconomic communities. The purpose of the project is to provide on-ramps of comfortability into the conversation surrounding diversity and inclusion. Singers present music from a diverse array of composers that speak to the lived experiences of marginalized population in Omaha and around the country.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wellness, Aging, Business, Capacity Building, Gerontology, Health Awareness
Description : Dreamweaver Foundation is dedicated to fulfilling lifelong dreams for terminally ill seniors in need. They describe their impact through the stories of some of the 75 plus dreams they have made possible. The project proposes a systematic and objective approach to understanding the impact of Dreamweaver by conducting and analyzing interviews with a representative group of dreamers and their families. The evaluation will provide the evidence to tell the story of how Dreamweaver is making a difference in the lives of the dreamers and their families.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Human Rights & Trafficking, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness
Description : STEPs proposes to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of hotel staff anti-human trafficking training. STEPs will develop an instrument to measure changes in attitudes and beliefs in hotel/motel staff after going through anti-human trafficking training, help to calculate and report the results, measure the impact of the training 3, 6, and 9 months following the training, and publish a report with the results.
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, Youth Programming, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness
Description : STEPs will extend its evaluation of the Childrens Scholarship Fund of Omaha a second year. In this years evaluation, STEPs will continue to collect data from families receiving scholarships and from partner schools. STEPs will also work with CSF to develop a strategic plan for evaluation, and a theory of change document. Activities will culminate in oral and written reports as well as a professional manuscript or conference presentation. The mission of CSF is to provide partial-tuition scholarships so children from low-income families can access the private or parochial K-8 education of their choice. The mission of STEPs is to provide participation, utilization-focused evaluation of programs serving children, youth, and families in poverty.