Projects Report

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

Engagement Type: Engaged Research
Activity Type: Student research
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Capacity Building, Other

Description : From 2017 to 2019, UNO doctoral candidate in the CPACS Public Administration interned with Live Well Omaha Kids. The doctoral student created a collective impact measurement strategy and created an organizational theory of change. Live Well Omaha has also done contract work with this student post-graduation.
Engagement Type: Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type: Other
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
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: 1
Topics: Other

Description : UNO faculty in Public Administration provides food policy expertise and serves as a committee member on the Share Our Table food security coalition.
Engagement Type: Community-Based Learning
Activity Type: Engaged Teaching
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
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: Youth Programming, Health Awareness, Physical Fitness

Description : Day of Play is a partnership between the Wellbeing Partners and Kinesiology. The project includes elementary students.
Engagement Type: Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type: Workshop
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
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: 1
Topics: Health Awareness, Other

Description : UNO faculty expert in play worked with Live Well Omaha Kids for a professional session of partners called the power of play.
Engagement Type: Community-Based Learning
Activity Type: Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
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: Capacity Building, Other

Description : UNO doctoral candidate served as a food system coordinator and contractor
Engagement Type: Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type: Other
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
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: 4
Topics: Capacity Building, Other

Description : Ongoing partnership between UNO faculty and Liive Well Omaha. UNO faculty work with nonprofit to place UNO students as interns and independent study and research assignments. UNO faculty also work with nonprofit staff to bring them in as guest lecturers for UNO students taking a wellness class.
Engagement Type: Community-Based Learning
Activity Type: Other
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 2
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Other

Description : UNO doctoral and masters students provided the nonprofit organization with oversight and coordination of various grants that were awarded. The work from the doctoral student resulted in a conference presentation at the 2019 National Wellness Institute Conference.
Engagement Type: Community-Based Learning
Activity Type: Engaged Teaching
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 1
Topics: Raise Awareness, Capacity Building, Health Awareness

Description : UNO faculty member and students in a communication course worked with the organization to analyze their social media trends, allowing WELLCOM to determine the most effective ways to target individuals to market programs and services.
Engagement Type: Community-Based Learning
Activity Type: Field Study or Practicum
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 1
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Medical Services, Capacity Building, Health Awareness

Description : UNO geography student worked with nonprofit to create mapping of all health systems and linkages to community benefit plans.
Engagement Type: Community-Based Learning
Activity Type: Internship/Externship
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Capacity Building, Health Awareness

Description : From 2014 to 2019, WELLCOM (now The Wellbeing Partners) has had a total of 13 UNO student interns. Each student received credit toward their degree and the nature of the internship was distributed between administrative, programmatic, and research. UNO student interns worked side by side with the professional staff learning the fundamentals of worksite wellness, as well as completed a unique semester-long project that provided benefit to the student and the organization.
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