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: 38
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 247
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 23
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 23
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inter/Trans-culture, Literacy
Description : Students from Claudia Garcia's Spanish Club Conversation class participated in a project that allowed them to interact and use their Spanish Club skills to assist a classroom at Jackson Elementary school. Olajide Cooper's class lacked a para this year, so the students from UNO were able to fill the need and provide assistance to Ms. Cooper's students to assist in their learning.
Engagement Type:
Volunteering
Activity Type:
Volunteerism
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 4
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:
14
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming
Description : Volunteers will assemble 3 sets of 20 Field Guides for K-8 students to use in environmental field work. It will involve inserting documents and tools into binders. Volunteers will also be compiling Teacher/Classroom Options into folders.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 525
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 225
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Gerontology
Description : UNO gerontology students worked with Lewis and Clark Middle School students in their afterschool program with Civic Nebraska, to plan a senior prom for seniors in the community and seniors from AARP. Students worked to plan the prom's logistics, including the schedule, it's activities and making the decorations. The prom is the culmination of their project and they celebrate together, eating, dancing and listening to music.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 17
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 73
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 135
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement
Description : UNO students from Dr. Saferstein's Intro to American Government class partnered with Norris Middle School's after school program, Completely Kids, to work with students from the RASA Council club. UNO students collaborated with Norris students on a variety of activities based on the electoral process to hep prepare them for setting up their own election at Norris Middle and the Lights On After School event and welcoming congressman Brad Ashford to their school.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 16
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 864
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 8
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 88
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement
Description : UNO students from the Intro to Government PSCI 1100 class connected with a specific group of students from the after-school club Completely Kids at Norris Middle School titled RASA Council. UNO students helped the Norris students use their voices to advocate to their senators about issues that mattered to them and their community by providing a presentation and then working side by side. Students made phone calls and wrote letters to their state senators to voice those concerns. Ultimately this helped students prepare themselves for their field trip to the State Capitol where they had a chance to meet with different state senators and representatives.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
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:
20
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Raise Awareness
Description : A presentation that discussed how to increase civic engagement as well as how to access civic engagement and neighborhood resources.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 20
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 90
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 24
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 84
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : Benson African American History students engage with UNO Black Politics students three times over the course of the semester to discuss voter registration, voter turnout, and encourage voter registration at UNO and in North Omaha. Furthermore, students will work together to survey North Omaha residents regarding their voting habits in order to identify potential barriers. P-16 Project
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 45
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 13
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 13
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Description : Students from Preston Love Jr.’s Black Experience in American Politics class are partnering with Joshua Jablonski’s Benson High School students on a community survey. The survey asked Omaha residents about why they voted in previous elections or why they chose not to. The survey used Professor Love’s previous research in North Omaha to inform and strengthen the research. Due to challenges in the project, this semester was not able to gather survey results. UNO students went to Benson HS to talk about importance of voting and the African American experience in politics.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 25
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 56
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 15
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 18
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Food and Water Security, Veteran Support
Description : Students from Preston Love Jr.’s Black Experience in American Politics class are partnering with Joshua Jablonski’s Benson High School students on a community survey. The survey asked Omaha residents about why they voted in previous elections or why they chose not to. The survey used Professor Love’s previous research in North Omaha to inform and strengthen the research. The group got together in November to discuss the survey results, take a tour, and hear presentations from scholarship groups and student involvement on UNO’s campus.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 60
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 37
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 74
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Leadership and Mentoring
Description : UNO Young Scholar students talk to Washington elementary students about being ready for college, scholarships, and how to get in to college. In the fall, Washington students write to the UNO students to ask them questions, UNO students read the letters, and then come to Washington to talk to the students. In the spring, Washington students come to UNO and UNO students give them a tour of campus, eat with them, and break in to small groups to talk about college.