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: 14
Topics:

Description : To celebrate Campus Sustainability Month, the UNO Office of Sustainability is showing Before the Flood. This event is free and open to the public light snacks to be provided. Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet. The film follows Leonardo DiCaprio as he travels to five continents and the Arctic speaking to scientists, world leaders, activists, and local residents to gain a deeper understanding of this complex issue and investigate concrete solutions to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
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: Gardens/Plantlife

Description : Volunteers will be helping seniors at Holy Name turn an into a garden, giving the seniors an opportunity to grow foods for themselves and their families thus increasing the self-sufficiency of the seniors. Volunteers will clear bushes/weeds, remove garbage/debris from the area, and, as time allows, plant ground cover to keep the weeds from returning over the winter.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 175
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics:

Description : Students` awareness of composting and zero waste school lunches will be raised during this course. Students will work in groups with Blackburn students to come up with a proposal to give to OPS and UNO staff to expand composting more thoroughly on campus. SUST 1000.001 P-16
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 41
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 410
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics:

Description : Emerging Topics in Geography focuses on the latest research areas in the field of geography. The specific topic of each course set will be based on the research trends in geography. This course will be offered on demand. GEOG 4400.860 Traditional
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 17
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: Gardens/Plantlife

Description : Grading and repairing a section of hiking trail that is greatly degraded by using stone blocks to act as steps.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 18
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: 2
Topics: Neighborhood Revitalization

Description : Volunteers will be doing some fall cleaning at both our community center and our apartment complex. Some cleaning and organizing will be done inside, some outside.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 5
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Inter/Trans-culture, Gardens/Plantlife

Description : Planting native grasses and mulching multiple garden beds.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: None
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 37
Start Academic Year: 2023-24
UNO Student Hours: 93
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics:

Description : Students will grow fall produce and cover crops while learning about food insecurity and the importance of healthy soil for sustained food production. They will also explore various career paths associated with running non-profit organizations that meet community needs. Traditional EXPL 1000 Sections 005&006
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 14
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 7
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 1
Topics: Inter/Trans-culture, Climate and Sustainability

Description : Volunteers will assist in preparing art projects to create interactive leadership and conservation education program materials for children in Madagascar.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 71
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Gardens/Plantlife

Description : Revitalization of Florence Community Garden
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