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: 10
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 60
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 5
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 30
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture
Description : Students from Dr. Curtis Hutt's Jerusalem class worked with Central High School students and Inclusive Communities. The students worked together to plan a table talk held at Central High School in Spring. The table talk's topic covered the situation in Jerusalem.
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:
37
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture
Description : The Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies in conjunction with UNO International Programs is pleased to host Dr. William Lawrence as the keynote for the 2017 International Education Week. Dr. Lawrence is currently a Visiting Professor at the Elliot School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. He was a former State Department Senior Advisor for Global Engagement- International Crisis Group North Africa Director- and Control Risks Associate Director for Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Dr. Lawrence was also a friend of the late Dr. Moshe Gershovich. His presentation will focus on MENA region.
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:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Refugees, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, History
Description : Rafael Medoff- Ph.D.- is a field expert in the Holocaust- Jewish history- and is the founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. The institute focuses on America's response to Nazism and the Holocaust and takes a special interest in using cutting-edge media to teach about the Holocaust- including political cartoons- animation- and educational comic books.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 1
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
7
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture
Description : Volunteers will provide basic English Classes, exercise, serving lunch and other tasks as cleaning different areas, and if weather permits clean the raised beds for flowers and veggies.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 21
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 101
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
1
Topics:
Refugees
Description : Painted indoor space and organized donations
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 7
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 26
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 9
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 49
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture
Description : Phone banked ethnic grocery stores and restaurants to create directory for clients, assembled in-take packets
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:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
International Support Awarenes
Description : The intern interviewed community members, translating those messages into articles for the organization's newsletter.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 59
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 1
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 5
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : Installed garden beds and painted signs for outdoor space
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 14
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 20
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 5
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Inter/Trans-culture
Description : P-16 LLS 3140/8145 Cross listed as PSCI 3140/8145 Arts and Science Latino Politics
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 2
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:
0
Topics:
Description : Tidy, sort and organize donations in donation center. Project specifics will be explained in more detail on site.