Projects Report

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

Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 8
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 64
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, Human Rights & Trafficking, Capacity Building

Description : Working with Dr. Connie Schaffer to provide instruction and oversee a graduate level education course called Human Rights in Education. The project engages students in case studies based on real education situations that can be used for training of educators, stakeholders, and advocates. Additional information about the type of activity: Collaborative grant proposal, Internship, for credit (UNO Student)
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 132
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 50
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 300
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Leadership and Mentoring

Description : Felicia Cervantes’ students are learning about empowerment. Dr. Austin and Felicia had two events together. The first meeting focused on starting to think about leadership. All students were asked questions about leadership. Then all students had a large group discussion. The second meeting SLA invited Vanessa Chavez Jurado, who is the Student Body Vice President at UNO. She accepted the invitation to talk about how she was empowered to be a leader and what leadership means to her. She presented for 15 minutes. Then we opened it up to the questions.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 3
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 21
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Music/Dance, Art

Description : Students from Dr. Austin's class will virtually listen to the UNION's Uplift and Elevate Concert. The students will interview the musicians. Then the students will create podcasts and videos.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 22
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 759
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Wellness, Aging, Business, Education, Other

Description : UNO Students enrolled in TED 2050: Intro to Teaching ESL will be participants in a service learning project which collaborates with the Learning Community Center of South Omaha (LCC) for six weeks. UNO students will engage with LCC families weekly via Zoom to explore topics of individual interest that cover technology, educational support, and overall wellness to better support their children during remote learning in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 40
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 4,240
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Education, Youth Programming

Description : Freshmen UNO students from Dr. Stu Bernstein's ENGR1000, Interpersonal Skills for Engineering Leaders course will teach topics related to their coursework to fifth grade students from Field Club Elementary School via online video presentation to be sent to students. Throughout the project, both UNO and Field Club students will reflect on the project, documenting their learnings to be compiled into a hard-cover book. Learnings will be shared with parents of Field Club students at a final celebration.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 1,160
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Education, Youth Programming, Capacity Building

Description : UNO Students from Dr. Hubers class will create lesson plans and activities for parents to use with their children who hold an IEP. Lessons will support in home learning with items typically found in home. The lessons can be adapted for virtual or in person experience that Navigators and Kids can use.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 14
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 84
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Education, Employment and Workforce

Description : UNO CDIS 4490 students will give a presentation, separately or in pairs, to share information about speech-language pathology with high school students. Dr. Ritzman’s prefers these presentations to be at students alma mater or in a diverse classroom (e.g., career readiness courses). The presentations will be conducted via Zoom this semester and students will present for a duration of 30-45 minutes. The goal of this project is for UNO students to gain public speaking skills, familiarize themselves with the profession, and educate participants about a commonly unknown profession.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 146
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 14
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 93
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Education, Literacy, Youth Programming

Description : Students from Dr. Ritzman's Language Birth to Five class will first observe Kelsey Sheridan, CCC-SLP, from Cody Elementary during her Zoom session with preschoolers for 15-minutes. UNO students will get insight on how they are expected to support students with early language and literacy skills. After observation, UNO students will be paired together with another individual in their cohort. Each pair will do an interactive read along with a book of their chose during a ‘visit ’to Kelsey Sheridans preschool Zoom session. The interactive read along will be a part of a large group. After the book is read, Cody Elementary preschoolers will be split into breakout rooms where one UNO student will be assigned room. In the breakout rooms, the graduate student will do a ‘hands-on’ activity based around their book. (Each breakout room will have support of classroom teacher and/or a paraprofessional).
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 34
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 476
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Wellness, Aging, Business, Holistic Wellness, Health Awareness

Description : UNO KINS 3500 students will work individually or in small groups to create three infographics and/or videos to highlight one overarching and three supporting goals developed around a course theory concept. These infographics and/or videos will be sent to elementary students from The Wellbeing Partners to promote physical activity.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2020-21
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2020-21
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Wellness, Aging, Business, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Holistic Wellness, Health Awareness, Develop./Physical Disability

Description : UNO Social Work 1500 students will work with gifted and talented eighth grade students from Norris Middle School to plan the Sensory Festival for JP Lord School students and their families. UNO students will experience the field of social work and help the eighth graders learn cultural humility and how to work with students who have multiple disabilities. This project will be in a virtual environment, and the Sensory Festival will be a "take-home" festival.
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