Projects Report
This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Engaged Teaching
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 89
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:
Education, Employment and Workforce, Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Capacity Building
Description : Projects in this course were designed to enhance leadership development of students and provide strategic insights for community partners.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 8
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 4
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Wellness, Aging, Business, Health Awareness, Music/Dance
Description : Sound Health: Bringing Music to Medicine contributes to the environment of care for patients, visitors, and staff through live music while giving music students the chance to engage with the community and perform. Due to restrictions on volunteers and visitors in health care facilities, UNO School of Music students will mentor Central High School Orchestra students via ZOOM on their pieces. The final video performances of Central High School Orchestra students will be shared with the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Healing Arts program and made available in patient rooms on the Healing Arts channel.
Engagement Type:
Service Learning
Activity Type:
Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 15
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 60
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 33
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 594
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Mental Health, Medical Services, Music/Dance
Description : Sound Health; Bringing Music to Medicine is a Service Learning component of MUS 1000, an all-music student convocation. The Service Learning component for UNO students includes guest lectures, readings, and collaboration at Millard North HS (MNHS) during which time UNO music students will mentor and work with MNHS students under the guidance of Debbie Martinez and Mary Perkinson. Students at MNHS and UNO will prepare a program that will be performed collaboratively at UNMC Cancer Center on 12/4.
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:
70
Topics:
Medical Services, Domestic and Sexual Violence
Description : Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska, the Department of Neuropsychology at University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the Grace Abbott School of Social Work are pleased to offer a workshop on the correlation of brain injuries and domestic violence. Learn more about the prevalence of domestic violence, brain injury and co-occurring conditions, brain injury screening tools, and community resources. This workshop is open to human service professionals, emergency management professionals, first responders, and versions interested in identifying and responding to the unmet needs of domestic violence victims. 3 Nebraska Social Work and Mental Health Practice CEU's available.
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:
STEM/STEM Education, Raise Awareness, Gender Equality
Description : The Nebraska Science Festival invites the public to attend a free panel discussion featuring women successful in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers. Panelists will share their life experiences, as well as lessons learned, as they inspire others to consider STEM careers. Panelists are: Deann Akins-Lewenthal, Ph.D., director of food safety and microbiology for Conagra Brands; Lydia Kang M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at UNMC and author of historical, young adult and non-fiction books including: ""Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything"" (co-authored with Nate Pedersen); Amelia Tangeman, STEM outreach coordinator at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; and Nicole Mitchell, coordinator, the Whitney Young Academy and Project Ready, Urban League of Nebraska.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
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:
65
Topics:
Climate and Sustainability
Description : In celebration of Earth Month, the Sustainability Expo is designed to engage students, faculty, and staff about sustainability problems and solutions, ranging from environmental to social justice issues. Over 20 sustainability-related organizations from the Omaha-Metro area will be on hand to discuss with attendees the work that they do as well as providing information about how individuals can get involved in their efforts.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Music/Dance, Art
Description : For this project Mary Perkinson gave an oral presentation called "Healing Arts and Sound Health" for the NE Medicine Healing Arts Advisory Committee Meeting UNMC and NE Medicine Healing Arts Committee.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
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:
Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Music/Dance, Art
Description : For this project Mary Perkinson served as a panelist for the The Ecology of Well-being in the Health Professions UNMC.
Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Community-oriented lecture/event
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:
Education, Capacity Building, Health Awareness
Description : For this project Matthew Brooks, Mary Perkinson and Melissa Berke gave presentations called “You are Here” for the Humanités Panel conference at Creighton University.
Engagement Type:
Community-Based Learning
Activity Type:
Engaged Teaching
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 5
Start Academic Year: 2019-20
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2019-20
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
0
Topics:
Health Awareness, Music/Dance, Art
Description : In this course, students performed off-campus at the UNMC Buffett Cancer Center.