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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| Digital and Social Media Responsibility (Summer 2017): 2016-17 | Educational Support | Lewis and Clark Middle School, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha Public Library | Fine Arts, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Summer | 2016-17 | None | None | 10 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Raise Awareness | ART 2200 CFAM Type Design and Typography | ||
| Circle of Grandmother's Reading: (Spring 2022): 2021-22 (2870) | Health and Wellness | Circle of Grandmothers, Omaha Public Library | Sociology & Anthropology | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Other | None | Spring | 2021-22 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Guest Storyteller for Circle of Grandmother’s Prime Time Family Reading | ||||
| Shelter Hot Streak: 2016-17 (919) | Health and Wellness | Omaha Public Library | Spirituality, Public Health, Religious Studies (SPHRS) | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Other | None | Summer | 2016-17 | Summer | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SPHR (Spirituality, Public Health and Religious Studies) put a call-out for support for individuals during a hot streak in the metro area. OPL staff provided services and activities to those families and children. | |||
| Intergenerational Poetry Contest: 2017-18 (753) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Environmental Stewardship, Health and Wellness | Nebraska Writers Collective, Omaha Public Library, Omaha Public Schools | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Gerontology | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | Literacy, Gerontology, Poetry | Each year the Poetry to Bridge Generations Contest awards prizes to local youth and elders and hosts a Winners Celebration and Poetry Slam to hear readings of the winning poems and provide an opportunity for face-to-face dialogue about poetry and poems. | |||
| UNO Childcare Monthly Story Time: 2016-17 (922) | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Child Care Center | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Other | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy, Youth Programming | Each month, OPL provides regular in-house storytimes to the UNO Child Care Center. | |||
| Building Multicultural Libraries: (Spring 2022): 2021-22 (2861) | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Teacher Education | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | None | None | Spring | 2021-22 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education | Building Multicultural Libraries | |||
| We Sing Around the World (Spring 2018): 2017-18 | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Holling Heights Elementary, Omaha Public Library | International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | None | 14 | 252 | 0 | 16 | 144 | 0 | Literacy, Music/Dance | The elementary students and UNO students worked together to create music and reading videos in their own native language. The videos were used for the Omaha Public Library summer camp. | ||
| Out and About Storytime (Fall 2017): 2017-18 | Educational Support | Holling Heights Elementary, Omaha Public Library | International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | None | 7 | 168 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | ILUNO students and ELL students from Holling Heights Elementary School are working together to read a series of books and develop activities at a new Omaha Public Library community story time for caregivers and young children. | ||
| Teen Summit College and Employment Planning: 2019-20 (1450) | Educational Support | Black Police Officers Association, Charles Drew Health Center Inc., Empowerment Network, Omaha Public Library, Urban League of Nebraska | Fraternity & Sorority Life, Sigma Phi Epsilon | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Mentoring | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Spring | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 318 | 0 | Youth Programming | The project involved having middle school and high school students from the metro area participate in learning about employment training, college planning, financial literacy and student peer panel facilitation. | ||
| Language Birth to 5 (Fall 2016): 2016-17 | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | None | 20 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | SPED 8590 Education Language Disorders: Birth to Five | ||
| Children's Literature at the Library: 2016-17 | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Teacher Education | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 23 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | ||||
| Banned Books: 2018-19 (1003) | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | English | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 26 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | None | ||
| Language: Birth to 5: 2018-19 (1043) | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 18 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | None | ||
| Children's Literature (Fall 2018): 2018-2020: 2018-19 (1053) | Educational Support | La Vista Public Library, Omaha Public Library, Ralston Public Library, Sump Memorial Library | Teacher Education | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | |||
| Children's Literature: 2018-2019: 2018-19 (1044) | Educational Support | La Vista Public Library, Omaha Public Library, Sump Memorial Library | Teacher Education | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 22 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | None | ||
| Nathan Hale FLC F20 (Fall 2020): 2020-21 (1512) | Educational Support, Social Justice | Nathan Hale Middle School, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha Public Library | Freshman Leadership Council, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2020-21 | Fall | 2020-21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | Literacy, Civic and Political Engagement, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring | UNO’s Freshman Leadership Council (FLC) students will work with Ms. Ridgley’s 8th grade students from Nathan Hale Middle School in the Fall 2020. FLC and Nathan Hale students will work together with the Omaha Library to incorporate the book Seed Folks into their project. Topics on civic leadership will be generated from the book for discussion between FLC and Nathan Hale students during this Fall semester. | ||
| VPA-UNO: Omaha Public Library Time 3: 2016-17 | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Volunteer Program Assessment-UNO | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | None | None | Spring | 2016-17 | None | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Literacy, Capacity Building | Students and faculty worked with the volunteer coordinator at the agency to conduct an evaluation of the organization’s volunteer program. The aim was to provide the agency with quantitative and qualitative data and feedback from the perspective of their volunteers with the goal of improving volunteer and organizational outcomes. | |||
| Intergenerational Poetry Contest: 2016-17 | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Nebraska Writers Collective, Omaha Public Library, Omaha Public Schools | Aviation Institute, Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Gerontology | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2016-17 | Spring | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | Poetry | Each year the Poetry to Bridge Generations Contest awards prizes to local youth and elders and hosts a Winners Celebration and Poetry Slam to hear readings of the winning poems and provide an opportunity for face-to-face dialogue about poetry and poems. | ||
| Lunch and Learn: September: 2016-17 | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC) | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Workshop | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Literacy, Raise Awareness | An opportunity to learn about the Omaha Public Library and the resources that they have available that are free to those who have a library card. Also meet the new Executive Director of the organization and hear her vision for the library. | |||
| 60 Minutes of Service - 4/4/18: 2017-18 | Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Omaha Public Library | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Holistic Wellness, Literacy | Placing labels on packets for Baby Reads Program. | |||
| Omaha Public Library Presents Wayne Weigand: 2016-17 (923) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Omaha Public Library | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), English | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Workshop | None | Fall | 2016-17 | Fall | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | Literacy, History | Author of Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library, Wayne Wiegand, visited Omaha on September 23, 2015, and presented the findings from his book at the University of Nebraska Omaha Community Engagement Center. Dr. Johannigsmeier (UNO English professor) and OPL co-sponsored an author event to present Dr. Wayne Wiegand during his "A Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library" book tour. Dr. Weigand is known as the "Dean of American Public Libraries". | ||
| Omaha Reads "The Hate U Give" Omaha Table Talk: 2018-19 (920) | Educational Support, Social Justice | Inclusive Communities, Omaha Public Library | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), English | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Other | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Literacy | OPL Outreach staff attended four classes to discuss The Hate U Give and how to translate the theme(s) into facilitated discussions with UNO students in class with UNO faculty Dr. Panos. The entire class attended the Omaha Reads event with Inclusive Communities at the CEC and eagerly participated in the break-out groups. The event, also an Omaha Table Talk, discusses the parallels between the novel "The Hate U Give" and the realities of today's world and was co-hosted by Inclusive Communities. Each year, Omaha Public Library (OPL) invites the community to vote for and read one book as a way to promote literacy and inspire discussion among Omaha and Douglas County residents. | ||
| Omaha Public Library UNO Music Intern: 2016-17 (943) | Educational Support | Omaha Public Library, W. Clarke Swanson Branch, Omaha Public Library | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC) | Community-Based Learning | Other | None | Spring | 2016-17 | Fall | 2017-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy, Music/Dance, Theatre and Cinema | A music intern in 2017 worked for two semesters in the Genealogy department of the W. Dale Clark Library. The student intern curated and cataloged hundreds of old theater programs left behind in long-forgotten theaters in Omaha. 6 total credits received. | ||
| Nelson Mandela Elementary School Library Collections: 2016-17 (921) | Educational Support | Nelson Mandela Elementary School, Omaha Public Library | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Teacher Education | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Other | None | Summer | 2016-17 | Summer | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | STEM/STEM Education, Literacy | UNO's Teacher Education Department, Library Science Program, collaborated with OPL and Nelson Mandela Elementary School in 2016 to assist in curating the school's library collections. | ||
| Futures Fair 2023 (Spring 2023): 2022-23 (3035) | Economic Impact | 100 Black Men of Omaha, Alvine Engineering, American Physical Therapy Association Nebraska, Avenue Scholars Foundation, Blair Freeman, Boys Town, Centris Federal Credit Union, Childrens Hospital and Medical Center, Collective for Youth, College Possible, Cooper Law Partners, Core Bank, Creighton University, DLR Group, Douglas County Department of Corrections, Durham Museum, Education Quest Foundation, Evoluxion Barber Shop, First Tee, Fiserv, Fit Farm, Go Beyond, Go Beyond Nebraska, Godfather’s Pizza, Inc., KBBX Radio Lobo, Keep Omaha Beautiful, League of Women Voters, Lincoln Financial Group, Lozier Foundation, Metropolitan Community College (MCC), Metropolitan Utilities District, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Nebraska Humane Society, Nebraska Public Media, Nebraska State Patrol, Omaha Fire Department, Omaha Police Department, Omaha Public Library, Omaha Public Power District, One Percent Productions, Partnership 4 Kids, Project harmony, Rose Theater, Southern Sudan Community Association, Union Pacific, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Xenon Academy | Air Force ROTC, Athletics, Aviation Institute, Biology, Black Studies, Career Connect, Communication, Counseling, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Engineering and Construction, Foreign Languages, Gerontology, Goodrich Scholarship Program, History, Honors Program, International Programs, KVNO Radio, Mathmatics, Military and Veteran's Services, Multicultural Affairs, Music, Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS), Project Achieve, Psychology, Social Work, Special Education and Communication Disorders, STEM Education, STEM Trail Center, Success Academy, Undergraduate Admissions, Women and Gender Studies | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Access to Higher Education | None | Spring | 2022-23 | Spring | 2022-23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | The Goodrich Scholarship Program -- in collaboration with CPACS, multiple departments at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO), Metropolitan Community College, P4K, Omaha Public Schools (OPS), and local businesses throughout the Omaha community – is planning to host the Futures Fair, an event where diverse low-income education specialists create an environment where hundreds of 7th and 8th graders from P4K immerse themselves in activities that galvanize their interests and induce them into certain educational or academic habits that would facilitate their individual navigation of the often difficult road ahead to college or some other postsecondary institution. Support is both needed and critical for the continuation and growth of Goodrich’s Futures Fair partnership with P4K, UNO/CPACS and the community. Goodrich and P4K, with the assistance of CPACS and UNO, intend to continue to promote the accessibility of higher education to underserved middle school students through meaningful engagement that will create an immediate tangible opportunity for educational and employment exploration through the Futures Fair. |