Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Other
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2018-19
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2018-19
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Raise Awareness, Art, History
Description : Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, curator of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Poland, will be on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus to present multiple presentations centered around an exhibit displayed in the Weber Fine Arts Building Art Gallery. Dr. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will present a short film followed by a Q&A on, "Before the Holocaust: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, the art of Mayer Kirshenblatt" Tuesday, January 22 from 2-3:30 p.m. Weber Fine Arts Building Gallery “The Jewish Melange” - The works of Mayer Kirshenblatt and Ophir Palmon Wednesday, January 23 at 6:30 p.m. Weber Fine Arts Building Gallery “An Agent for Transformation” - An illustrated lecture about the creation of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews multimedia exhibition Thursday, January 24 from 7-9 p.m. Community Engagement Center, Room 201 All events are free and open to the public with the support of Cultural Enrichment Funding, The Institute for Holocaust Education, The Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, The Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy, The Jewish Federation of Omaha and The Klutznick Fund for Jewish Civilization at Creighton University.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
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:
0
Topics:
Refugees, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, History
Description : Rafael Medoff- Ph.D.- is a field expert in the Holocaust- Jewish history- and is the founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. The institute focuses on America's response to Nazism and the Holocaust and takes a special interest in using cutting-edge media to teach about the Holocaust- including political cartoons- animation- and educational comic books.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Summer
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Summer
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
45
Topics:
Refugees, Human Rights & Trafficking
Description : Rafael Medoff, Ph.D., is a field expert in the Holocaust, Jewish history, and is the founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. The institute focuses on America's response to Nazism and the Holocaust and takes a special interest in using cutting-edge media to teach about the Holocaust, including political cartoons, animation, and educational comic books.
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