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: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Voices (Fall 2016): 2016-17 | Social Justice | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Washington Elementary, Omaha Public Schools | International Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | None | 9 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 93 | 0 | Stephanie Lynam's ILUNO students work with Beth Grimmond's 3rd grade class from Washington Elementary. The first interaction consisted of the elementary students interviewing the ILUNO students to learn about their culture. The second interaction hosted a time for students to create a craft together that was donated the same day to Aksarben Senior Living. ASL also provided a tour to the students. | |||
| Extended Techniques in Piano Performance(Spring 2023): 2022-23 (3045) | Arts, Culture and Humanities | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Immanuel Memory Care | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2022-23 | None | 8 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO students partner with Omaha South High School and Central High School students. UNO students learn and apply the knowledge on extended techniques in piano and then make a presentation to high school students. They also serve the community by playing music pieces at Immanuel Memory Center and Aksarben Senior Living Center. P-16 MUS 115L, 215L, 315L, 415L | ||||
| Omaha Table Talk: 2022-23 (2734) | 75 North, Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living | Tribal Management and Emergency Services | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Fall | 2022-23 | Fall | 2022-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Disadvantaged Populations | Omaha Table Talk centered on Native and Indegenous identities. Hosted event in CEC space. Panelists included Christina Running Hawk Ellison of the Lakota Oglala Sioux, Jordan Zendejas of the Umo Ho Tribe of Nebraska, Grace Johnson of the Oglala Lakota, and moderated by Echohawk Lefthand of the Diné Tribe. Panelists discussed concerns around the appropriation of native and indigenous cultures, specifically addressing the importance of medicines and their sustainability, missing, and murdered Indigenous women, and mascots. The afternoon concluded with panelists encouraging the audience to learn about native and Indigenous history and culture. They reminded the audience that it is okay to appreciate the culture and heritage of native and Indigenous peoples without appropriating and changing the narrative | |||
| IT for Development (Fall 2019): 2019-20 (1219) | Economic Impact | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation, Completely Kids, Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands, Habitat for Humanity: Omaha, Live Well Omaha Kids, Omaha Childrens Museum | Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Employment and Workforce | IT for development students work with a variety of local businesses. | ||
| FLC/Nathan Hale (Spring 2017): 2016-17 | International Service | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Nathan Hale Middle School, Omaha Public Schools | Freshman Leadership Council, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2016-17 | None | None | 20 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Completely PAWS (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (746) | Social Justice | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Completely Kids | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work | Service Learning | Other | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | None | 4 | 128 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Historically Excluded Composers (Spring 2022): 2021-22 (2712) | Educational Support | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Central High School, Omaha Public Schools | Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2021-22 | Spring | 2021-22 | 8 | 88 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 0 | APPLIED VOICE, undergraduate students will have the opportunity to engage in a service learning project encompassing interdisciplinary collaboration with Central High School students. This service learning project has UNO students perform music that they have learned to Central High students, after which UNO students will teach them the songs by sharing the score of the music pieces with them and having rehearsals afterwards. Central High students will have the opportunity to engage and further their learning with these materials as they perform the music they learn to residents of Aksarben Village. P-16 Project. MUS 115T.002, 215T.002, 315T.002 | |||
| United In Song (Fall 2020): 2020-21 (1516) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Health and Wellness | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living | Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2020-21 | Fall | 2020-21 | 34 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerontology, Music/Dance | Dr. Fox’s students from MUS 2100 and individuals from UNO School of Music created cover songs from various genres. These songs were requested by residents from retirement communities, nursing, and assisted living facilities around the metropolitan area. The objective of this service-learning project was to provide the geriatric population joy during COVID-19. UNO students recorded themselves and the individual recordings were presented to the local community. | ||
| Sound Health - Faculty Research: 2016-17 (2134) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Childrens Hospital and Medical Center, Country House Memory Care Facility | Music | Engaged Research | Faculty Research | None | Spring | 2016-17 | Spring | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building, Health Awareness, Music/Dance, Art | The goals of Sound Health are to contribute to a healing environment; to give music student service- learning opportunities; and to break down the “fourth wall” barriers, connecting musicians to their audiences and vice versa. Since its inception, Sound Health has provided over 100 performances by over 100 musicians for thousands of patients, staff, and visitors. During the fall 2017 semester, approximately 40 students participated in Sound Health and Sound Health - Performances and Reflections served as the culminating celebration of the fall semester. The purpose of the event was to enjoy performances by Sound Health musicians; hear how they were affected by their experience; share listener feedback; recognize students who have performed; and promote engagement between musicians, listeners, and community. | ||
| Historically Marginalized Composers(Spring 2023): 2022-23 (3060) | Arts, Culture and Humanities | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, Omaha Public Schools | Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2022-23 | None | 12 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | This course is a study of the physiological and acoustical properties of the vocal mechanism and of the various techniques used in developing the singing voice. Also, it applies knowledge acquired about the voice through studio teaching and observations of other voice teachers. (Cross-listed with MUS 8616). The course designed for UNO students, so they could train their mentor skills while teaching Central High School students, and for the school students this partnership is an opportunity to perform and train their presentation skills. P-16 MUS 4610/ MUS 8616 | ||||
| International Language Learners (Summer 2024): 2023-24 (3262) | Educational Support | Aksarben Village Senior Living, Dial Senior Living, WhyArts | International Programs | Service Learning | None | None | Summer | 2023-24 | None | 8 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | International Language Learners class strives to help students learn English as a second language and provide academic and professional support. This class has two events that allows the international language learning students from UNO to collaborate with Aksarben Senior Living, WhyArts, and Holling Heights Elementary students to make art for an art gallery for senior residents. The collaboration allows ILUNO students to engage with the community and collaborate with elementary students and senior citizens. ILUNO 3695.001 P-16 |