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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| Autism Society of Nebraska Councilmember Mitzi: (Spring 2022): 2021-22 (2887) | Educational Support | Autism Society of NE | Special Education and Communication Disorders | Board Memberships | None | None | Spring | 2021-22 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The mission of the Nebraska Chapter of the Autism Society of America is to support and advocate for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families. | ||||
| Fall Festival: 2018-19 (1041) | Health and Wellness | Autism Society of NE | Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Develop./Physical Disability | None | ||
| Fall Festival (Fall 2017): 2017-18 | Educational Support | Autism Society of NE | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | None | 14 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raise Awareness | UNO students from Dr. Ritzman’s autism spectrum disorders class develop activities for a Fall Festival for children (preschool to school age) who are a part of the Autism Society of Nebraska. This project reinforces classroom curriculum for UNO students by practicing supports and knowledge about ASD and implementing them in the form of a Fall Festival. The festival benefits ASN by having a gathering for children and families to celebrate fall/Halloween that they may not be able to participate in the larger public. Public spaces and some school activities are not always catered towards individuals with autism, causing and overwhelming experience. The students make this environment friendly and safe for the families to participate. | ||
| Educational Psychology (Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3253) | Educational Support | Access period, Autism Society of NE, Caroles House of Hope, COPE (Christian Outreach Program, Creighton University, Girls Inc., Hope Center For Kids, Kids Can, Omaha Street School, Open Door Mission, Outlook Enrichment, Phoenix Academy, Project harmony, ShareOmaha, SPARK Positivity, Stephen Center, TeamMates Mentoring, YMCA of Greater Omaha | College of Arts and Sciences | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 30 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Students will work in groups (or independently) and partner with a local nonprofit organization to learn about the role teachers play in students’ development and academic achievement. Students are expected to create a presentation (or write a clear and concise paper) summarizing their service learning experience, integrating key concepts from class, assignments and group discussions. In short, in the presentation or paper, students will research and inform their classmates on their selected nonprofit organization’s history, significance, goals/mission statement, rationale, description of stakeholders and targeted groups, events, program activities, planned outcomes, 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 local nonprofit organization from the list provided. Then, students will vote on which organization presented by their classmates could most benefit from UNO’s $1,000 MPI course grant based on the course project findings." PSYC 3510.850 MPI | ||||
| Autism Society of Nebraska Fall Festival (Fall 2020): 2020-21 (2083) | Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Autism Society of NE, Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2020-21 | Fall | 2020-21 | 20 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raise Awareness, Capacity Building | UNO CDIS 8450 will help with creation of video modeling activities for the ASN Fall Festival. The ASN Fall Festival will be conducted via Zoom this semester. UNO SLP and OT students will be split into small groups and develop video models of activities ASN participants can do in the comfort of their own home. All brainstorming sessions between UNO SLP and Creighton OT students will happen via Zoom – meeting times will be scheduled by group members based on their individual schedules. All activities recorded will still be based around a Fall Festival theme. | ||
| Maverick Community Connection (Fall 2021, 8601): 2021-22 (2084) | Educational Support, Social Justice | American Foundation of Suicide Prevention-Nebraska Chapter, A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation, Autism Society of NE, Bluebird Cultural Initiative, College Possible, Conservation Fusion, Girls Inc., Heart Ministry Center, International Council for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc, Leona's Dance Company, Little White Dog Rescue, NAMI Nebraska, Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, New Visions Homeless Services, Omaha Area Youth Orchestra, Open Door Mission, Restored Wings, Team Jack Foundation, UNMC Munroe Meyer Institute, Voice of Hope, Wisdom House Collaborative | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2021-22 | None | None | 24 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | UNO Students from Casey Reisberg's 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. | ||
| Maverick Community Connection (Fall 2021, 008): 2021-22 (2082) | Educational Support, Social Justice | A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation, Autism Society of NE, Bluebird Cultural Initiative, Brighten Our Future Early Learning Center, College Possible, Conservation Fusion, Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands, Heartland Family Services, International Council for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc, Little White Dog Rescue, NAMI Nebraska, Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, Open Door Mission, Prairie STEM, SAC Museum, Team Jack Foundation, UNMC Munroe Meyer Institute, Voice of Hope | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2021-22 | None | None | 24 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | UNO Students from Casey Reisberg's course 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. | ||
| Maverick Community Connection (Fall 2021, 8602): 2021-22 (2086) | Educational Support, Social Justice | AIM Institute, American Foundation of Suicide Prevention-Nebraska Chapter, A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation, Autism Society of NE, Bluebird Cultural Initiative, Child Saving Institute, College Possible, D2 Center, Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership, Eat 'N' Talk Africa, English Language Network, Go Beyond, Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA), Heart Ministry Center, Hillcrest Foundation for Enhancing Lives, International Council for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc, Little White Dog Rescue, NAMI Nebraska, Omaha Summer Arts Festival, Open Door Mission, Project Hope, Restored Wings, SAC Museum, Team Jack Foundation, UNMC Munroe Meyer Institute, Voice of Hope | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2021-22 | None | None | 25 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | UNO Students from Casey Reisberg's 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. | ||
| Fall Festival (Fall 2021): 2021-22 (2121) | Educational Support | Autism Society of NE | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2021-22 | None | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | UNO speech-language pathology (SLP) graduate students enrolled in CDIS 8540 (001): Autism Spectrum Disorders, will have the opportunity to engage in a service-learning project encompassing interdisciplinary collaboration with Creighton occupational therapy (OT) students. UNO and Creighton students will design activities for participants on the autism spectrum to build upon various gross motor and speech skills during the annual Autism Society of Nebraska (ASN) Fall Festival. UNO graduate students will apply knowledge gained through course content and presentations to this project. | |||
| Maverick Community Connection (Fall 2021, 001): 2021-22 (2078) | Educational Support, Social Justice | AIM Institute, American Foundation of Suicide Prevention-Nebraska Chapter, A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation, Autism Society of NE, Bluebird Cultural Initiative, Child Saving Institute, College Possible, Combined Health Agencies Drive, Kaneko, League of Women Voters, Leona's Dance Company, Little White Dog Rescue, Mystery Code Society, NAMI Nebraska, Nebraska Enterprise Fund, Prairie STEM, Restored Wings, Sheltering Tree Inc, Team Jack Foundation | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2021-22 | None | 23 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | UNO Students from Casey Reisberg's course 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. | |||
| Fall Festival (Fall 2019): 2019-20 (1167) | Health and Wellness | Autism Society of NE | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 14 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Health Awareness, Develop./Physical Disability | Students from Dr. Ritzman's Autism Spectrum Disorder class partner with Creighton Occupational Therapy students to make lesson plans for the Fall Festival. | ||
| The Shape of Collaboration (Spring 2020): 2019-20 (1194) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Autism Society of NE, Black Elk | Educational Leadership, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2019-20 | Spring | 2019-20 | 19 | 285 | 0 | 25 | 250 | 0 | STEM/STEM Education, Develop./Physical Disability, Art | Graduate students from UNO Instructor Tami Williams’ Educational Leadership course collaborated with Ms. Danielle Elsasser’s 5rd grade students from Black Elk Elementary and adults with autism from the Autism Center of Nebraska (ACN). This project allowed the elementary students to foster relationships between themselves, UNO grad students, and the clients from ACN through the creation of STEAM based collaboration activities. Some of these activities included making origami, slime, and tinker toys. UNO students benefited by the gained experience of making lesson plans and working with students and adults with disabilities. To culminate the project, origami butterflies that were made during the project were hung on light up trees and given to Black Elk and ACN. | ||
| Fall Festival: 2016-17 | Educational Support | Autism Society of NE | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Special Education and Communication Disorders | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 20 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raise Awareness | ||||
| Mayor's Commission for Citizens with Disabilities Meeting: 2017-18 (903) | Health and Wellness, Social Justice | Autism Society of NE, City of Omaha, Mayor's Commission for Citizens with Disabilities, Sertoma, Inc. | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), National Student Speech Language Hearing Association | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2017-18 | Spring | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | Disadvantaged Populations, Develop./Physical Disability | April's Mayor's Commission for Citizens with Disabilities (MCCD) meeting will be co-hosted by University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) NSSLHA/Collegiate Sertoma (National Student Speech Language Hearing Association). Both the members of the MCCD and the students from UNO NSSLHA/Collegiate Sertoma will present. In recognition of Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, members of UNO NSSLHA/Collegiate Sertoma will share their year round work with the Autism Society of Nebraska. | ||
| Educational Psychology -001(Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3254) | Educational Support | Access period, Autism Society of NE, Caroles House of Hope, COPE (Christian Outreach Program, Girls Inc., Hope Center For Kids, Kids Can, Omaha Street School, Open Door Mission, Outlook Enrichment, Phoenix Academy, Project harmony, ShareOmaha, SPARK Positivity, Stephen Center, TeamMates Mentoring, YMCA of Greater Omaha | College of Arts and Sciences | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 30 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Students will work in groups (or independently) and partner with a local nonprofit organization to learn about the role teachers play in students’ development and academic achievement. Students are expected to create a presentation (or write a clear and concise paper) summarizing their service learning experience, integrating key concepts from class, assignments and group discussions. In short, in the presentation or paper, students will research and inform their classmates on their selected nonprofit organization’s history, significance, goals/mission statement, rationale, description of stakeholders and targeted groups, events, program activities, planned outcomes, 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 local nonprofit organization from the list provided. Then, students will vote on which organization presented by their classmates could most benefit from UNO’s $1,000 MPI course grant based on the course project findings." PSYC 3510.851 MPI | ||||
| Foundations of Public Speaking (Fall 2022 Section 023): 2022-23 (2793) | Educational Support | Civic Nebraska, Omaha Street School, Stand for Schools, The Wellbeing Partners | Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2022-23 | Fall | 2022-23 | 25 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Education | 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. MPI service learning project CMST 1110.023 Foundations of Public Speaking (Fall 2022 Section 023) | ||
| Maverick Community Connection (Spring 2022 ALL Sections): 2021-22 (2724) | Social Justice | AIM Institute, All Care Health Center, American Cancer Society: Hope Lodge, Autism Society of NE, Benson First Fridays (BFF), Center for Holistic Development, Child Saving Institute, City Sprouts, Collective for Hope/Grief's Journey, College Possible, Community Alliance, Credit Advisors Foundation, Eat 'N' Talk Africa, Financial Beginnings, Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Girls Inc., Heartland B-cycle, Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA), Heartland Family Service-Homeless Program, Heartland Hope Mission, Inclusive Communities, Kaneko, Kim Foundation, Learning for ALL, Legal Aid of Nebraska, Lifestyle Health Alliance, Little White Dog Rescue, NAMI Nebraska, No More Empty Pots, Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty, Omaha Home for Boys, Partnership 4 Kids, RESPECT, SAC Museum, Siena Francis House, Spielbound Board Game Cafe, Take Flight Farms, Tri-City Food Pantry, Tri-Faith Initiative, Visiting Nurses Association (VNA), Wisdom House Collaborative, Women's Center for Advancement, Youth Emergency Services | Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2021-22 | Spring | 2021-22 | 61 | 366 | 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 Project. CMST 1110.028 CMST 1110.8601 CMST 1110.8602 | |||
| Spring Fest(Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3234) | Educational Support | Autism Society of NE, Creighton University | College of Education, Health, and Human Science | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 19 | 551 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO speech-language pathology (SLP) graduate students had the opportunity to engage in a service learning project encompassing interdisciplinary collaboration with Creighton occupational therapy (OT) students. UNO and Creighton students designed activities for participants on the autism spectrum to build upon various gross motor and speech skills during the Autism Society of Nebraska (ASN) Spring Festival. UNO graduate students applied knowledge gained through course content and presentations to this project. CDIS 8540.001 P-16 | ||||
| Winter Festival: 2022-23 (3144) | Health and Wellness | Autism Society of NE | College of Education, Health, and Human Science | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2022-23 | None | 24 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO speech-language pathology (SLP) graduate students had the opportunity to engage in a service learning project encompassing interdisciplinary collaboration with Creighton occupational therapy (OT) students. UNO and Creighton students designed activities for participants on the autism spectrum to build upon various gross motor and speech skills during the Autism Society of Nebraska (ASN) Winter Festival. UNO graduate students applied knowledge gained through course content and presentations to this project. |