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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| Voices Across Generations (Spring 2019): 2018-19 (1077) | Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Black Elk, Royale Oaks Assisted Living | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2018-19 | Spring | 2018-19 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leadership and Mentoring, Gerontology | Graduate students from UNO Instructor Tami Williams’ Educational Leadership course partnered with Ms. Danielle Elsassr’s 3rd grade students from Black Elk Elementary and Royale Oaks Assisted Living Center. This project allowed the elementary students to foster intergenerational relationships between themselves and their senior buddies through their creation of poetry and art. UNO students benefited by the gained experience of supervising a community partnership and learning about the importance of engaging their future students with opportunities outside the classroom. | ||
| Voices Across Generations (Spring 2018): 2017-18 | Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Black Elk, Royale Oaks Assisted Living | Educational Leadership, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | None | 7 | 210 | 0 | 26 | 234 | 0 | Leadership and Mentoring, Gerontology | UNO students from Dr. Tami Williams’ Educational Leadership class, Ms. Danielle Elsassr’s 3rd grade students from Black Elk Elementary and their Senior Buddies from Royale Oaks Assisted Living all connected on this project to compare and contrast their life experiences through art, written, and verbal activities. The stories were shared via a printed book at the end of the semester. | ||
| 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. |