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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| INTRO TO EARLY CHILDHOOD ED (Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3242) | Educational Support | Henry Doorly Zoo | College of Education, Health, and Human Science, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 8 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students in this community project collaborate with local organizations to engage with children in educational activities. Through a partnership with a local educare center, they facilitate interactive sessions where families and children can play and explore together. This initiative promotes learning and fosters stronger community bonds by encouraging collaboration and shared experiences among participants. TED 2250.001 P-16 | ||||
| SCIENCE & MATH INECE(Fall 2023): 2023-24 (3176) | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 49 | 1,813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | This material is provided by University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Teaching Education 4290 “Science and Math in ECE” instructed by Melany Spiehs. The students who created this material are teacher candidates that also engaged in individual practicums in the Omaha community where they connected this knowledge base. The focus of this resource is to position a field trip to the Henry Doorly Zoo as a mechanism for amplifying the rich inquiry-based learning that is occurring in your classroom. These materials are provided to support the teacher and learners before, during, and after the field trip by incorporating STEM concepts and principles. TED 4290.001 Traditional | |||||||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR LABORATORY(Fall 2023): 2023-24 (3204) | Educational Support | Henry Doorly Zoo | College of Arts and Sciences | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 25 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO Students explore human and animal behavior at the Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. In this project which starts in October, students visit the Zoo to learn about how animals and human interact in the zoo. The students spend time researching and learn about enrichment. Indirect PSYC 4280.860 & BIOL 4280.860 | ||||
| INTRO TO EARLY CHILDHOOD ED -001(Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3243) | Educational Support | City of Omaha, Henry Doorly Zoo | College of Education, Health, and Human Science, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 13 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students in this community project collaborate with local organizations to engage with children in educational activities. Through a partnership with a local educare center, they facilitate interactive sessions where families and children can play and explore together. This initiative promotes learning and fosters stronger community bonds by encouraging collaboration and shared experiences among participants. TED 2250.002 P-16 | ||||
| Marking Innovation (Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3260) | Educational Support | Henry Doorly Zoo | Business | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students enrolled in this course will explore and address key challenges identified by our community partner at the Zoo encompassing one or two of the multifaceted issue areas. Students will use AI to help identify and expand the experience of consumers at the Zoo and select the best solution to implement. MKT 3400.001 Traditional | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| RES METHDS IN ECON & BUS (Fall 2023): 2023-24 (3264) | Educational Support | Henry Doorly Zoo | Business | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 11 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Students in ECON 8290 use methodology of economic to complete research over comminity partner's economics. Student experince professional growth by sharing infromation discovering in research to community partner. ECON 8290.001 Traditional |