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: 16
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 320
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 : Traditional HUMN1200 Arts and Sciences Autobio Reading and Writing
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 198
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 8
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 8
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Inter/Trans-culture
Description : UNO professor Dr. Johnathan Benjamin Alvarado partnered with UNO adjunct professor and South High Magnet School faculty Mr. Gutierrez to assist the Heartland Worker’s Center in their “I Vote for My Family” campaign that worked to increase voter turnout of South Omaha residents for the midterm election. Students learned about issues that affect Latino voters and barriers the Latino population face in America’s political system while they worked alongside the staff at the Heartland Worker’s Center (HWC) canvassing, phone banking, and knocking doors. The students, faculty, HWC staff, and community members celebrated their diligence at the Heartland Worker’s Center while sharing pupusas and pan dulce.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 7
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 35
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 90
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 315
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Literacy
Description : Omaha South High School's Jump Start program will work with UNO's Latin Study Abroad students in partnership with the Intercultural Senior Center as they create art together. Participants will paint their home, identify their home country flag and share stories with one another.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 345
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 30
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 330
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy, Youth Programming
Description : UNO Language Power and Culture students will work with the tweens from South Omaha's Boys and Girls Club to explore the topic of social media usage. The group will create a social media campaign to educate others about proper social media use. The project is called #SocialMEdia.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 320
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 20
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : UNO students in Dr. Ritzman's Early Language Development course work together with Educational Navigators at the South Omaha Learning Community Center. UNO students prepare individualized interaction plans for families for when they enter the homes, focusing on language development milestones and information for parents. Navigators serve occassionally as translators, and work together with the students to evaluate the lesson plan and share the critical information. Students receive an orientation at the South Omaha library, and then go into the homes of families on a single visit inividually with a navigator, and lastly have a celebration on campus. As a gift to the families, SLA provides a selected book by Dr. Ritzman
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 17
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 255
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 : UNO students from Dr. Ritzman’s graduate class, Language Disorders: Birth to Five learn about dialogic reading and family centered practice for early intervention. Students prepare a lesson to give to preschoolers at the Charles B. Washington branch library in North Omaha in collaboration with their Prime Time program. This program caters to under-served families aged 6-10 and helps low-income families connect through book reading. Students prepare this lesson in correspondence to a children’s book. Students choose this book and extra copies are given to the children and families. This is a 6 week project that occurs on Saturday mornings from 8:30-11:30. The students help to serve breakfast and then provide the instruction in the preschool classroom with their books and resources.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 380
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 : SPED 8590 Education Language Disorders: Birth to Five
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: 35
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 385
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : UNO Public Speaking Fundamental students and Nathan Hale Middle School students are working side by side to discover effective ways to present to their peers. UNO students are teaching methods of presenting to the middle school students that they can use when they present to their peers about urban environmental issues. The Middle School students create presentations that focus on the environmental impact of communities. The theme this semester is reduce, reuse, recycle and compost. Nathan Hale students signed up to complete clean up days with Keep Omaha Beautiful.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 4
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 40
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 37
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 3,626
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Art
Description : UNO Geology students and Our Lady of Lourdes 7th grade science students will be analyzing specific pieces of art in the Joslyn’s European exhibit to identify geological features and processes, such as the water and rock cycle. The UNO students will be facilitating the discussion at the Joslyn as well as partnering with the 7th graders on their final project. Throughout the semester, Ms. Shelley Brown’s students will create a geologically focused game for the Joslyn’s Education Center.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 130
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:
STEM/STEM Education
Description : Students partner with entrepreneurs from the Start Center to provide technological education and solutions to build good tech habits to grow their small businesses. Supplements the Start Center's work.