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: 7
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:
Description : At Girls Inc. of Omaha, the volunteers will be painting one of our classrooms. The room used to be our Boutique, but we are in the process of transforming it into a behavior management room.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 16
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:
2
Topics:
Description : Volunteers will be painting, organizing our laundry room, and then cleaning our bean bags/dot chairs. The main project is painting, so please make sure students are aware of that.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 4
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 72
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 12
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 12
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Raise Awareness
Description : Students from Dr. Jieru Bai’s Ethnic Diversity class will be meeting with young women from Girls Inc. to discuss their motivations and barriers to college. The UNO students will be creating a college resource guide for Girls Inc. to utilize with their college readiness curriculum. Additionally, the UNO students will give the young women a tour of UNO tailored to their interests.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 35
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 350
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 10
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : UNO students will work with Girls Inc participants to discover interests and identify a topic to study. They will demonstrate skills related to relationships building and tailor lessons using culturally responsive techniques.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 29
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 580
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : P-16 TED 8190 Education Contemporary Issues in Urban Education (CADRE)
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
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:
Raise Awareness
Description : SOWK 4050-001 Ethnic Diversity W 4:30-7:10
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
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:
Youth Programming
Description : None
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
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:
Youth Programming
Description : None
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 246
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 60
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 120
Total Number of Other Participants:
4
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Youth Programming, Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO students from Instructor Lequisha Sims’s Ethnic Diversity course work with Girls Inc.’s participants in groups: kindergarten-3rd grade, 4th-7th grades, and 8th- 9th grades. They will work together to enhance their understanding of cultural identity.
Engagement Type:
Engaged Research
Activity Type:
None
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 3
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Juvenile/Adult Justice System
Description : Community-based mentoring is a mentoring model where a positive adult is engaged in the youth’s life by spending time in the community together. The match is based on interests, hobbies, and compatibility in order to spend time together to share fun activities they both enjoy. The goal of this mentoring model is to reduce drug and alcohol use and antisocial behavior through establishing a supportive friendship and providing guidance.