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: 14
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 119
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 21
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 866
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description : Jay Pratte's UNO Animal Behavior Lab worked with 8th grade OLL science students. Students observed animals at Henry Doorly Zoo and did additional research regarding the issue the zoo identified. Students then did poster presentations at OLL to share their findings. P-16 BIOL 4280, PSYCH 4270, 8276 CPACS Animal Behavior Lab
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 156
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 23
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 253
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description : Rose Strasser's UNO Animal Behavior Lab worked with Shelly Brown's 8th grade OLL science students. The students observed animals at Henry Doorly Zoo and then did additional research regarding the issues the zoo had previously identified on the selected animals. Students created poster presentations and presented their findings at Our Lady of Lourdes in the late fall.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 360
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO students hired as Collaborative interns are matched with community organizations, working 10 hours a week for that organization in the community. Students are paid through the grant-funded program. Nonprofits coordinate meaningful work for interns to benefit the student experience in different ways. Students typically intern during the fall and spring semesters and may serve the same organization for more than one academic year. Each unique student that works as a Collaborative intern with this specific community partner is identified within this project.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 100
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 10
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 80
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : UNO Human Geography students and upper elementary students at Montessori Co Op School worked together to create a cookbook for Intercultural Senior Center in the fall semester. The two student groups went on monthly shopping trips to buy recipe items for monthly cooking demonstrations of cookbook recipes. The seniors at the Intercultural Senior Center helped the two student groups cook the recipes at monthly cooking demonstrations.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 82
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 1,410
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 11
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 74
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : Students from Leigh Anne Optiz's Human Geography class work with 4th through 6th graders in Annie O'Farrel's Montessori class. They partner with Intercultural Senior Center. There were two events this semester to help students learn about culture. At the first event seniors were invited to share a recipe from their home country that would later be put into a intergenerational and intercultural cookbook. At the second event, seniors shared prepared dishes from their home countries. P-16 GEOG 1020 Arts and Science Introduction to Human Geography
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 12
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:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description : A collaboration among St. James/Seton 5th grade students, UNO Geology students and Heron Haven will focus primarily on creating and designing a video focused on the history and uniqueness of Heron Haven. The 5th grade students, accompanied by UNO students will tour Heron Haven, documenting the wildlife, land, and various features of Heron Haven with a particular focus on the watershed. Throughout the fall and spring semester, the students will compile the data and videos in educational videos to be shown at Heron Haven.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 108
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:
Gardens/Plantlife
Description : UNO students from Instructor Andrew Miller’s Environmental Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis courses will work with Ms. Rachel Benzoni’s Honors Chemistry students from Northwest High Magnet School throughout the spring semester of 2019. This semester is the first time for them to work on this service learning project. UNO and Northwest students will visit Glacier Creek Preserve, which is a 172 ha (424 acre) preserve situated northwest of Omaha and part of UNO, for field sampling. After the field sampling, students will conduct field analysis, testing nitrogen mass in the soil samples. They will also develop a model of nitrogen movement using GIS mapping.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 225
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 120
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Clean Water/Water Management
Description : UNO students from Dr. Saferstein’s Political Science class will work with the Norris students from the after-school program Completely Kids through the steps process in creating a politically correct argument through presentations and activities. The Norris students will ultimately present this argument to the Capitol Building in Lincoln. They were asked to come back and present again. This semester they studied community water testing, considering recent topics like the Dakota Access Pipeline and Flint, Michigan water crisis.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 58
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 580
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 14
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 140
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wildlife/Animal Welfare
Description : Northwest High School students from Ms. Rachel Benzoni's AP Chemistry class will work with UNO students from Dr. Dana Richter-Egger's Chemistry in Environment and Society course on a water quality project. They will visit the Wildlife Safari Park to test the Pawnee River's water quality and present their findings.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 360
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building
Description : UNO students hired as Collaborative interns are matched with community organizations, working 10 hours a week for that organization in the community. Students are paid through the grant-funded program. Nonprofits coordinate meaningful work for interns to benefit the student experience in different ways. Students typically intern during the fall and spring semesters and may serve the same organization for more than one academic year. Each unique student that works as a Collaborative intern with this specific community partner is identified within this project.