Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 62
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 1
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 5
Total Number of Other Participants:
3
Topics:
Neighborhood Revitalization
Description : Painted and renovated indoor space
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 27
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 : Assist with a Park Cleanup
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 21
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:
Homelessness/Shelter
Description : The volunteers will be assigned to various departments at the Kroc Center such as Sports and Recreation, Health & Fitness, Facilities, and Youth Engagement. They will mainly be helping with cleaning and organizing within the departments. The Facilities department needs volunteers to help outside, picking up trash in the grass and some light weeding.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 28
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 beautifying the community garden and removing tree trimmings, raking leaves and removing trash and debris from around the community garden.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 33
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Homelessness/Shelter
Description : Students will coach the youth of the Jacob's Place Program of the Omaha Home for Boys on employment (resume writing, interview skills, etc)
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 16
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 960
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : Students are working with nonprofits to create templates on press releases, media, blogs, Facebook posts, all outreach tactics.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 400
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : Students will create a full PR packet (factsheet, infographic, FB content, calendar etc). One student to one client.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 17
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 272
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 16
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 256
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : UNO students from Don Bowen's Media Storytelling 1 class worked with 8th graders from Alice Buffett Middle School and the Mode Shift Omahaorganization. Together the students created a video about the 67th & Pacific intersection. The video concentrated on the dangers of the intersection for pedestrians and what improvement could be made by the city to make it safer. Mode Shift Omahawill publish the video online.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
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:
18
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Capacity Building
Description : USING DATA TO INTERPRETATION SESSIONS TO ENGAGE AND INFORM: Tap into the expertise and experience that surrounds you by facilitating interactive data interpretation sessions with your key stakeholders-from clients and staff, to advisory councils, coalitions, and boards. Use the data you routinely gather or generate through program evaluation to inform your decision-making. This interactive workshop will help you understand the value and challenges of interactive data sessions, experience various data interpretation approaches, and plan an interactive data interpretation session. Presented by: Pamela Ashley & Natalie Scarpa. COST: $40, plus $10 for 2 CEU's. (10/18/2017)
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
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:
9
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Capacity Building
Description : Accurate data provides the foundation for evidence-informed decision-making. In order to be confident about the integrity of your data, you need to pay attention to how you prepare it. Attendees will learn about data collection and entry options as well as data cleaning processes, including how to identify and deal with erroneous or missing values.