This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community. Various filters are provided to gain a better understanding of how different UNO units collaborate with the community.
| Project | Project Focus Areas | Community Partners | Campus Partners | Engagement Type: | Activity Type: | Other Activity Type: | Start Semester: | Start Academic Year: | End Semester: | End Academic Year: | Total UNO Students: | UNO Students Hours: | UNO Faculty/Staff Hours: | Total K-12 Students: | K-12 Student Hours: | Total Number of Other Participants: | Topics: | Other Topics: | Description: | Subtags: |
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| Neale Woods Management Strategy Awareness (Spring 2018): 2017-18 | Environmental Stewardship | Fontenelle Forest, Northwest High School, Omaha Public Schools | Biology, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | None | 18 | 148 | 0 | 15 | 108 | 0 | Gardens/Plantlife | UNO and Northwest students worked collaboratively to create and design an education plan for Fontenelle Forest. | ||
| 2017 Service Learning Seminar Lunch and Learns (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (2016) | Economic Impact, Educational Support, Social Justice | Alliance for a Better Omaha, Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands, Collective for Hope/Grief's Journey, Fontenelle Forest, Intercultural Senior Center, Joslyn Art Museum, Mercy Housing | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Training / Workshop / Presentation | None | Spring | 2016-17 | Spring | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Capacity Building, Social Justice Awareness | Every year, the UNO Service Learning Academy (SLA) brings P-12 and UNO educators together to learn and understand the value of service learning. Participants increase awareness of the Omaha community, their needs, assets, personnel, and practice. Participants demonstrate an understanding of the Pre-K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice (NYLC, 2008). Participants understand the benefits of service learning and its connections to other key frameworks such as AAC&U High Impact Practices, 40 Developmental Assets, 21st Century Skills, and standards-driven curriculum. UNO, P-12, after-school program faculty, and community partners build collaborative relationships and begin service learning project planning. Participants are prepared to create quality service learning experiences. | ||
| Admin Social Welfare Agencies: 2017-18 | Environmental Stewardship | Fontenelle Forest | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2017-18 | Spring | 2017-18 | 15 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gardens/Plantlife | Students will write grants for agencies. | ||
| Seven Days of Service - 3/22/18: 2017-18 (001) | Environmental Stewardship | Fontenelle Forest | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gardens/Plantlife | Volunteers will be helping with raptor perch repair, addition/refreshment of flooring substrate (pea gravel), hosing and cleaning of 12 enclosures. | |||
| 2017 Service Learning Seminar Service Sites: 2016-17 (2017) | Economic Impact, Educational Support, Environmental Stewardship, Health and Wellness, Social Justice | City Sprouts, Fontenelle Forest, Heartland Family Services, Intercultural Senior Center, Mercy Housing | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2016-17 | Spring | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Social Justice Awareness, Climate and Sustainability | Every year, the UNO Service Learning Academy (SLA) brings P-12 and UNO educators together to learn and understand the value of service learning. Participants increase awareness of the Omaha community, their needs, assets, personnel, and practice. Participants demonstrate an understanding of the Pre-K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice (NYLC, 2008). Participants understand the benefits of service learning and its connections to other key frameworks such as AAC&U High Impact Practices, 40 Developmental Assets, 21st Century Skills, and standards-driven curriculum. UNO, P-12, after-school program faculty, and community partners build collaborative relationships and begin service learning project planning. Participants are prepared to create quality service learning experiences. | ||
| Three Days of Service - 10/17/17: 2017-18 (117) | Environmental Stewardship | Fontenelle Forest | Engineering and Construction, Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gardens/Plantlife | Grading and repairing a section of hiking trail that is greatly degraded by using stone blocks to act as steps. | |||
| Science & Math in ECE(Fall 2024): 2023-24 (3395) | Educational Support | Fontenelle Forest, Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha Public Schools, Whispering Roots | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | students utilize the Omaha zoo as a learning lab for observation and inquiry-based learning. UNO students provide the zoo’s education department with lesson plans to enrich the learning before, during, and after a zoo field trip. UNO students are also trained in the Project WET and Trees and Me early childhood environmental science curriculum and offer educational experiences to the zoo’s education students and Omaha area early childhood students during practicum. TED 4290.001 Traditional/Direct | ||||
| DATA LITERACY (Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3220) | Educational Support | Fontenelle Forest | Mathematics, Service Learning Academy (SLA), Staff Advisory Council | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 36 | 657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO students assist community partners by addressing their identified problems by using data analysis and data visualization. STAT 1110.001 Traditional |