Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
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:
Education, Youth Programming, Capacity Building
Description : The UNO High School Media Conference is a day long workshop event for local high school students and their advisors. As its coordinator, Melodae Morris is responsible for kicking off the event, announcing awards and giving the ending presentation.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
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:
Education, Capacity Building
Description : Melodae Morris participated in PRSA Nebraska's annual ethics event involving Area professionals and students from UNO and Creighton PRSSA chapters. She gave opening remarks, introduced the panel and gave students an overview of the PRSA Ethics Pledge and why it is important to be ethical.
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:
0
Topics:
Education, Youth Programming, Capacity Building
Description : The High School Media Conference is an annual event. Approximately 350 high school students and advisers from area high schools attend. Melodae Morris is the coordinator for the event. She opened the conference, spoke at lunch, presented to Dr. Sherrie Wilson a service award and presented the student awards as a culmination of a journalism/broadcasting contest.
Engagement Type:
Board Memberships
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
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:
0
Topics:
Education, Capacity Building
Description : Melodae Morris serves as a professional development board member for the Public Relations Society of America.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Engaged Teaching
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 32
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Education, Capacity Building
Description : This course is a hands-on approach to magazines as an area of specialization involving development of editorial objectives and content, planning, writing articles, design and layout for magazine production and management. Students interview alumni who work in various organizations to tell their stories.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
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:
STEM/STEM Education, Education, Civic and Political Engagement
Description : UNO students from Scott Scholars worked with middle school students to create a game to teach civics using Among Us as a platform
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
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:
20
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Education
Description : UNO students from Scott Scholars created a small set of legos. The middle school students would arrange them on their desks to signal whether or not they needed help or were able to provide help.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
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:
60
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Education, Climate and Sustainability
Description : UNO students from Scott Scholars created a meteorology program for elementary students. They took measurements and participated in a Citizen Science project
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
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:
40
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education
Description : UNO students created a series of lessons for K-2 students. Subjects crossed disciplinary lines – math, reading, SEL, PE, etc. Lessons were designed to remediate the academic losses that students experience due to summer and the pandemic.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
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:
STEM/STEM Education
Description : UNO Scott Scholars students work on the creation of an app. The project never reached a conclusion.