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: 11
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 110
End Semester: None
Total K-12 Students: 49
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 245
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Civic and Political Engagement

Description : Running and Winning was a workshop that brought together young women from area high schools to meet with past and present women elected officials throughout our community. This workshop aimed to utilize the elected officials’ rich experience and expertise to introduce young women to the political process, and possibly encourage them to run for office one day.  This was the sixth year this interactive, fun P-16 service learning project and non-partisan workshop will be held on the UNO Campus in the Thompson Alumni Center. More than 50 young women from Omaha South, Omaha Central, Westside, and Northwest High Schools attended the program.  At the event, women elected officials were interviewed by these high school students to learn more about their life in politics, educational and professional experiences. After these interviews, students worked in small groups to produce their own mock political campaigns, including speeches and campaign slogans. Teams presented at the workshop on a public policy issue currently being addressed in Nebraska: voter identification laws. Throughout the fall semester, students from UNO’s College of Communication had been working on this event in their public speaking service learning course. UNO students were responsible for preparing policy issue briefs and coaching the high school students on their mock campaign speeches at the workshop.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 23
Start Academic Year: 2021-22
UNO Student Hours: 80
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

Description : UNO Students from Casey Reisberg's course CMST 1110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking courses will engage in the student philanthropy model of service learning, where course content and student learning is linked to charitable giving. Students select and research a community agency of their own interest, then develop and present a persuasive speech and call to action on behalf of the organization. This is a student led initiative, giving students a $1,000 grant to distribute to one community agency - the persuasive speech presentation with the best call to action.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 24
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: Social Justice Awareness

Description : Students in Social Work and Social Welfare will work with different partners on policy work.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 18
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 261
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 53
End Academic Year: 2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 26
Total Number of Other Participants: 8
Topics: Employment and Workforce, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring

Description : UNO students from Instructor Rita Shaughnessy's Fundamentals of Public Speaking course and League of Women Voters will host a workshop for young women from Omaha High Schools. The workshop will introduce them to the political process and possibly encourage them to run for office one day by inviting locally elected women officals to share their experiences and allowing the young women to practice developing a mock political campaign.
Engagement Type: Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type: Workshop
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester: Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: Civic and Political Engagement, Gender Equality

Description : Have you ever wanted to become engaged in the policymaking process but are unsure how to dive in? This Omaha Table Talk invites people from all communities a space to take part in an open and honest dialogue about how to engage in the policy process as an advocate, policymaker, lobbyist, or volunteer. Attendees will hear from panelists about the ways they can be a part of the policymaking process in Nebraska, and will then have a chance to break into small groups to talk to leaders about how to connect to organizations and get involved. Panelists: Senator Sara Howard, Nebraska Legislature; Jo Giles, Coalition for a Strong Nebraska; Rebecca Langle, League of Women Voters; Molly McCleery, Nebraska Appleseed. Moderator: Danielle Powell, Inclusive Communities
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