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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| VPA-UNO: CASA Douglas County Time 4: 2016-17 | Educational Support | Court Appointed Special Advocates in Douglas County (CASA) | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Volunteer Program Assessment-UNO | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Other | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | None | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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. | ||
| VPA-UNO: CASA Douglas County Time 5: 2017-18 | Educational Support | Court Appointed Special Advocates in Douglas County (CASA) | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Volunteer Program Assessment-UNO | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Other | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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. | ||
| CASA for Douglas County board membership: 2016-17 (1362) | Educational Support | Court Appointed Special Advocates in Douglas County (CASA) | The Office of Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion | Board Memberships | None | None | Spring | 2016-17 | 2021-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associate Vice Chancellor for The Office of Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion serves as a board member 2016-2022 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| CASA for Douglas County Consulting (Summer 2019): 2019-20 (1322) | Social Justice | Court Appointed Special Advocates in Douglas County (CASA) | Support and Training for the Evaluation of Programs (STEPs) | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | None | None | Summer | 2019-20 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Consultation, info TBD |