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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| Community Advocacy Research and Social Media Campaign (Spring 2022): 2021-22 (2725) | Social Justice | Culxr House, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Omaha, Special Olympics Nebraska Inc. | Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2021-22 | Spring | 2021-22 | 13 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO Students from 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. MPI Traditional. CMST 2410.002 | |||
| African American Psychology (Fall 2022): 2022-23 (2790) | Social Justice | Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands, Culxr House, Urban League of Nebraska | Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2022-23 | Fall | 2022-23 | 35 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Inclusion, Diversity & Equity | The purpose of this project is for UNO college students to develop their understanding of African American psychology through the student philanthropy model of service learning. UNO students are seeking organizations that are Black-led and Black-focused. Students will work with select community partners during the semester for their final course project. With this project, UNO students will be required to volunteer for a minimum of 5 hours and do something tangible in the community. Volunteer opportunities will be based on the needs of the organization. Students will be learning about service leadership and will present how they used leadership/course content in their service work. For the final presentation, students will do their own independent research into the organization and present that along with their experiences volunteering for the organization of their choice. At the end of the semester, students will vote for one organization to receive the $1000 grant. MPI service learning course PSYC 4150.850 | ||
| Small Group (Fall 2022 Section 001): 2022-23 (2792) | Educational Support | CenterPointe, Culxr House, Phoenix Academy, Stephen Center, Survivors Rising | Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2022-23 | Fall | 2022-23 | 24 | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Other | Students will be divided into 4 groups, with each group working with one non-profit. Students will be responsible for finding organizations through ShareOmaha. The students will then reach out to the nonprofit of their choice and initiate contact. Students will work on a research paper based on the non-profit and what the non-profit does for the community. The students will then interview the nonprofit. Students will then work on a campaign on social media to help the non-profit reach their goals. Lastly, at the end of the semester, the students will vote for one nonprofit to receive the $1000 grant.. MPI service learning project CMST 2410.001 | ||
| Neighborhood Capacity Building (Fall 2019): 2019-20 (1495) | Educational Support, Environmental Stewardship, Social Justice | Culxr House, Heartland Workers Center, Together Inc | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Civic and Political Engagement, Neighborhood Revitalization, Capacity Building | UNO students will work the Heartland Worker Center YNA group to create logic models that focus on getting youth engaged in neighborhoods from 24th and Lake Street to 24th and L Street. Listening sessions will be held with community members via zoom. Students will gather information around voter engagement, neighborhood mapping, police reports, vacant lots, lighting and sidewalks. Students will work together with Culture House, Together, and Heartland Worker House to create a plan that can be enacted to engage youth to become active in their community. | ||
| Young History Detectives Summer Camp (Summer 2022): 2022-23 (2836) | Educational Support | Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership | UNO Libraries | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Mentoring | None | Summer | 2022-23 | Summer | 2022-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | Youth Programming | The young history detectives learned archival research skills, utilized the computer lab, and were able to access the archives, micro film, city directories to aid in their research for their spatial memory project. | ||
| Race Psychology (Spring 2023): 2022-23 (3087) | Social Justice | Boys and Girls Club of Council Bluffs, Culxr House, Urban League | Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2022-23 | None | 31 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students will work in groups (or independently) and partner with a local nonprofit organization to learn about their efforts to combat the effects of racism (i.e., redlining, mass incarceration, food deserts, inequitable public education, predatory lending, maternal mortality, and voter suppression) or any other “ism” covered in class. Students will research and inform fellow groups on the nonprofit organization’s history, significance, goals/mission statement, rationale, stakeholders and targeted groups, events, program activities, planned outcomes, clients, staffing, management plan, financial support/budget, and their personal experience volunteering at the organization. Each student is expected to volunteer at least five hours of community service to the selected organization from the list provided. Lastly, students will vote on which local nonprofit organization presented could most benefit from UNO’s $1,000 MPI course grant based on the course project findings. MPI PSYC 3250.850 |