Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 80
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Social Justice Awareness
Description : UNO students work with Nebraska AIDS Project and UNO office of Multicultural Affairs to shadow program assistants, directors, etc. Graduate students in the class planned a panel for people to learn about NAP services. Social justice and social change is a sociology class taught through UNO by Alecia Anderson. (This was not a P-16 project this semester, although planned as P-16, Carolyn Rabideaux at Blackburn (Carolyn.Rabideaux@ops.org) was not able to commit after the semester started.)
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 16
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 320
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Self-Sufficiency
Description : SOC 3900 Arts and Sciences Race and Ethics Relations
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 12
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 132
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 4
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 32
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : Reality Bites brings together students from UNO and Blackburn to learn about positive reinforcement and behavior modifications (BB) and provide similar experiential learning and data collection practice for UNO students. The Nebraska Humane Society benefits from this project because it provides valuable enrichment for animals in its care, works to make animals more adoptable, and furthers its mission of humane education to the general public.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 11
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 121
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 40
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 630
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Literacy
Description : Ali Buttner's PSYCH 4024 class (Lab in Psychology: Learning) partnered with Jennifer Noelle's high school Psychology class from Blackburn Alternative Program to provide enrichment and training for dogs at the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS). The UNO & BB students worked together to design and execute training plans for the dogs and collect data for UNO psychology studies. The students met at NHS 5 times to work with the dogs and had a final celebration at UNO to discuss their findings and share their experiences.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 7
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 154
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Literacy, Art
Description : The Writing Center led by Professor Alea Hall will help the Blackburn Alternative High School (BAHS) students to combine writing and art to highlight "rad women" in Omaha. The Writing Center will offer useful workshops (e.g. descriptive writing) and provide writing support to the BAHS students. UNO Writing Center's consultants will serve as mentors for the BAHS students. Students created a Facebook page to share their art and writing with the general community.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 6
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 72
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
STEM/STEM Education, Literacy, Art
Description : UNO Writing Center student consultants, led by Instructor Alea Hall, will work with the Blackburn Alternative Program students from Mrs. Hilary George’s Computer Graphic Design class. The writing consultants will help the Blackburn students to combine writing and art to highlight "rad women" in Omaha. They will also serve as mentors for the Blackburn students and built trusting relationships with them over the course of the semester. The art pieces will be featured in a gallery/showcase and proceeds from the gallery will be donated to the Youth Emergency Services, Inc.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 14
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 742
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 26
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 58
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Develop./Physical Disability, Theatre and Cinema
Description : UNO students from Dr. Ritzman’s Speech Language Disorders course will work with the Blackburn Alternative Program students from Ms. Deana Colon's Yearbook and English classes and Ms. Hilary George's Computer Graphic Design classes. The UNO students will carefully plan the lessons prior to their classroom visits. This semester's research focus is "rad women" in Omaha in conjunction with another SLA project. The art pieces will be featured in a gallery/showcase and proceeds from the gallery will be donated to the Youth Emergency Services, Inc.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 612
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 35
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 54
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Develop./Physical Disability
Description : Students from SPED 4750 Speech Language Disorders class work throughout the semester in classrooms at Blackburn Alternative Program to assist with language skills. This semester, UNO students worked in Yearbook, Biology, and Art classes. The Yearbook class worked to develop web and print content for Pilgrim Baptist Church's 100th anniversary.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 6
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 174
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 12
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 1,176
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Description : High school students in the Foods and Culinary programs at Blackburn Alternative Program prepare a meal throughout the week to serve to seniors at Adam’s Park Community Center. As the high schoolers serve the meal to the seniors, UNO students help to serve the seniors drinks and carry plates to their seats. Throughout the lunch hour, UNO and Blackburn students interact with the seniors through conversation, card games, bingo, and dominos.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 189
End Semester:
None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Gerontology
Description : Food for Thought is a long-term service learning project that connects the culinary program at Blackburn Alternative Program with the senior’s programming at Adams Park Community Center. Every Wednesday, Blackburn students will create a healthy meal for the seniors at Adams Park. At this project, UNO students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement course will focus on helping serve at the meals and interact with the seniors creating intergenerational relationships. The project culminates with a Thanksgiving celebration, Fall Harvest, at Blackburn Alternative Program.