Projects Report

This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.

Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 9
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: Health Awareness

Description : Volunteers will help with outdoor clean up tasks.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 9
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 1
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Veteran Support

Description : Volunteers will be assisting with a deep cleaning of the Post.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Total K-12 Students: 11
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 1
Topics: Veteran Support

Description : Volunteers will be assisting at the Stephen Center Thrift Store to help organize, sort, hang and display donated items.
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: Homelessness/Shelter

Description : Volunteers will be doing a trash clean-up of the campus and making posters for the Veterans Day event.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 7
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: 1
Topics: Veteran Support

Description : Volunteers will be making veteran appreciation cards for the residents of the Veterans Home.
Engagement Type: Volunteering
Activity Type: Volunteerism
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 9
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 : Volunteers will help with a variety of deconstruction projects.
Engagement Type: Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type: Meeting / Gathering
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: 6
Topics:

Description : NA
Engagement Type: Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type: Workshop
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 60
Topics:

Description : At the heart of university community engagement is the promise of mutually beneficial relationships for both community partners and university participants. But what are the benefits, and how do we know when we achieve them? In this presentation, Betty Farmer, professor of communication and public relations at Western Carolina University (WCU), will identify specific benefits for community partners, universities, faculty, and students and provide examples of ways to measure and promote desired outcomes.
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: 7
Topics:

Description : Discover what research tells us about the power of PLAY--for personal development, for learning, and for building healthy and equitable communities. A panel discussion and Q & A with UNO researchers, moderated by Dr. Debora Wisneski, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Teacher Education Department. This symposium is presented by the UNO Faculty of the Interdisciplinary Play Research Community of Practice.
Engagement Type: Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type: Community-oriented lecture/event
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 67
Topics: Climate and Sustainability

Description : Visit with and understand how community organizations are addressing climate change and how you can get involved in action. Also enjoy a screening of "The Island President" a 2011 documentary film about the efforts of then-President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, tackling rising sea levels resulting from climate change.
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