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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| Humane Society (Summer 2017): 2016-17 | Environmental Stewardship, Health and Wellness | Nebraska Humane Society | Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Summer | 2016-17 | None | None | 8 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wildlife/Animal Welfare, Health Awareness | Traditional PSYC 4024 Arts and Science Laboratory in Psyc: Learning | ||
| Reality Bites: 2018-19 (1009) | Educational Support | Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska Humane Society | Psychology | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 13 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literacy | None | ||
| Reality Bites (Fall 2016): 2016-17 | Educational Support | Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska Humane Society | Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | None | 11 | 121 | 0 | 40 | 630 | 0 | Literacy | Ali Buttner's PSYCH 4024 class (Lab in Psychology: Learning) partnered with Jennifer Noelle's high school Psychology class from Blackburn Alternative Program to provide enrichment and training for dogs at the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS). The UNO & BB students worked together to design and execute training plans for the dogs and collect data for UNO psychology studies. The students met at NHS 5 times to work with the dogs and had a final celebration at UNO to discuss their findings and share their experiences. | ||
| Out of the Shadows (Fall 2017): 2017-18 | Educational Support | Field Club Elementary, Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska Humane Society | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | None | 5 | 127 | 0 | 22 | 616 | 0 | Literacy, Civic and Political Engagement | UNO students from Jeff Knapp's Social Work and Civic Engagement Course will work on literacy with Ms. Bielenberg's 3rd grade class from Field Club Elementary. UNO Students and Field Club students will create reading partnerships with the goal of having the 3rd graders build their confidence by reading out loud to the dogs at the Nebraska Humane Society. Student reading creates enrichment opportunities for the dogs, which reduces stress in the animals and may increase adoptability. This benefits the dogs, NHS, and the community overall. Students also raised funds for the Humane Society through a dog treat bake sale over $100 was raised this year. | ||
| Reality Bites (Fall 2017): 2017-18 | Educational Support | Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska Humane Society | Psychology, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | None | 12 | 132 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | Literacy | Reality Bites brings together students from UNO and Blackburn to learn about positive reinforcement and behavior modifications (BB) and provide similar experiential learning and data collection practice for UNO students. The Nebraska Humane Society benefits from this project because it provides valuable enrichment for animals in its care, works to make animals more adoptable, and furthers its mission of humane education to the general public. | ||
| Animal Behavior Laboratory (Fall 2019): 2019-20 (1213) | Educational Support, Environmental Stewardship | Nebraska Humane Society | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wildlife/Animal Welfare | Animal Behavior Lab students work with animals at the Nebraska Humane Society. | ||
| Completely PAWS: 2016-17 (002) | Environmental Stewardship, Social Justice | Completely Kids, Nebraska Humane Society | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 4 | 136 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | Wildlife/Animal Welfare | ||||
| 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. | |||
| Non-Profit Digital Campaign: 2023-24 (3190) | Educational Support | Boys Town, Muddy Paws Second Chance Rescue, Nebraska Humane Society, Project harmony, Salvation Army | Art and Art History | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 21 | 483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | In groups, Students will select and research a nonprofit organization in Omaha and conduct an interview to aid in creating a digital campaign. The final project will be presented to the class and nonprofit partners. CMST 2410.001 Traditonal | ||||
| Fundamentals of Public Speaking (Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3257) | Educational Support | Aqua - Africa, Completely Kids, Dear Diabetes Inc, Family Housing Advisory Services, Immigrant Legal Center, Keep Omaha Beautiful, Meyers Foundation for Disabilities, Nebraska Humane Society, Nebraska Medicine, NeighborGood, Omaha Area Sanctuary Network, Refugee Empowerment Center, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) | Communication | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 26 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students will be required to give two speeches for this course - an informative speech, and a persuasive speech. In the informative speech, the students will talk about their research on the different areas of improvement within the community. Following this speech, the students will each choose a nonprofit of their choice and give a persuasive speech as to how the nonprofit is contributing to the area of focus they chose for the informative speech. At the end of the semester, the students will vote for one organization to recieve the $1000 grant. CMST 1110.009 MPI | ||||
| Fundamentals of Public Speaking -002(Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3259) | Educational Support | Children's Square U.S.A., Child Saving Institute, Empowerment Network, First Responders Foundation, Henry Doorly Zoo, Immigrant Legal Center, Jeanette Hunt Blair Animal Shelter, Jesus Son of Mary Center, Keep Omaha Beautiful, Learning Community Foundation of Douglas and Sarpy counties, Maha Music Festival, Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative, Nebraska Humane Society, Omaha Academy of Ballet, Omaha Crime Stoppers, Omaha Police Department, Project harmony, Special Olympics Nebraska Inc. | Communication | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 24 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students will be required to give two speeches for this course - an informative speech, and a persuasive speech. In the informative speech, the students will talk about their research on the different areas of improvement within the community. Following this speech, the students will each choose a nonprofit of their choice and give a persuasive speech as to how the nonprofit is contributing to the area of focus they chose for the informative speech. CMST 1110.015 Traditional |