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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| Veterans Day of Service - 11/12/2016: 2016-17 (77) | Economic Impact, Educational Support | Kaneko | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Veteran Support, Capacity Building | Scanned and digitized archived documents | |||
| Talking Tips - Barcamp 2018: 2017-18 (2469) | Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Kaneko | Communication | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Summer | 2017-18 | Summer | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wellness, Aging, Business, Education, Capacity Building | For this project Herb Thompson was asked to provide speaking tips for the conference and publication at Barcamp Omaha 2018. | ||
| MBA Focused Capstone (Fall 2016): 2016-17 (807) | Educational Support | Durham Museum, Film Streams, Kaneko, Omaha Performing Arts | Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | None | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Traditional BSAD8800 Business Administration MBA Project-Focused Capstone | |||
| Three Days of Service - 10/17/2017: 2016-17 (001) | Educational Support | Kaneko | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | Scanned and digitized archived documents | |||
| 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. | |||
| Feedback Writing Workshop: 2016-17 | Educational Support | Kaneko, Nebraska Writers Collective | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), UNO Libraries | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Workshop | None | Fall | 2016-17 | Fall | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | Literacy | This interactive reading series asks the question: What happens when writers pull back the curtain on their creative process and invite the audience to become part of the conversation? Feedback is an ongoing series that aims to enliven the conversation about the writing process. Part reading, part conversation, the goal of this reading series is to provide working writers with a space to read and discuss their work, to invigorate the audience by inviting them into the writer’s process and creative development, and, through our free writing workshops, to provide adults and young adults in our community an opportunity to generate their own work. | ||
| 60 Minutes of Service - 8/31/2016: 2016-17 | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Kaneko | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 40 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Capacity Building, Art | Tea party prep and survey compiling | |||
| Seven Doctors Project - Workshop Organizer: 2019-20 (2369) | Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Kaneko | Writing Center | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Workshop | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Medical Humanities, Education, Capacity Building | For this project Kevin Clouther led community members in a workshop of their fiction writing at KANEKO. | ||
| 'The Human Condition' Art Exhibit: 2018-19 (2220) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Kaneko | Fine Arts | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Specialized service contract | None | Spring | 2018-19 | Spring | 2018-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building, Art | For this project David Helm was a participant in the Kaneko international exhibit on the human condition. | ||
| Cultural Enrichment Generator Series: 2018-19 (2247) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Kaneko, Omaha Under the Radar | Music | Engaged Research | Faculty Research | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Spring | 2018-19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | Medical Humanities, Education, Capacity Building, Music/Dance | Omaha Under the Radar is a nonprofit dedicated to the production and presentation of contemporary music, dance, and theatre. Through the Generator Series –a concert series created in partnership with KANEKO –Omaha Under the Radar explores concepts that impact us individually and on a collective level, including sound in the natural world, sound and physics, sound and memory, sound and movement, and more. Spring 2019 was the launch of the most ambitious Generator Series event to date: RESILIENCE, a multi-event series of concerts, talks, masterclasses, and open rehearsals exploring themes of creativity in confinement, violence against women, contemporary ideas of femininity, and the impact of incarceration and violence on families. The artists featured on RESILIENCE have direct experience with these themes, and have created generous and engaging works that illustrate the struggle, self-determination, and transformation of their stories. | ||
| Kaneko Generator Series Recital: 2019-20 (2236) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Kaneko, Omaha Under the Radar | Music | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Specialized service contract | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building, Music/Dance, Art | For this project Christine Beard joined forces with soprano Amanda DeBoer, pianist Stacey Barleos, and cellist Tim Strang on the Generator series concert entitled "Whaling" featuring contemporary works by George Crumb and Tim Lachenmann. | ||
| 'In Praise of Wasting Time' - Panel: 2019-20 (2360) | Educational Support, Health and Wellness | Kaneko | Writing Center | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2019-20 | Spring | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wellness, Aging, Business, Education, Capacity Building | Kevin Clouther participated in a panel discussion titled 'In Praise of Wasting Time' with Alan Lightman of MIT, Christian Cutucache of UNO, and Christopher Moore of UNO. This discussion was hosted by Kaneko. | ||
| The Art of Storytelling: Lyric and Narrative Medicine: 2018-19 (2363) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Kaneko | Writing Center | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2018-19 | Spring | 2018-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Capacity Building, Art | Kevin Clouther participated in a panel discussion with Marya Hornbacher of UNO, and John Price of UNO titled 'The Art of Storytelling: Lyric and Narrative Medicine' hosted by Kaneko. | ||
| Bibliophilia: 2018-19 (2452) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Kaneko | Writing Center | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Summer | 2018-19 | Summer | 2018-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Literacy, Capacity Building, Art | With Writer's Workshop graduate (and current Arizona State MFA student) Maritza Estrada, Todd Robinson created (and emceed) a one-off reading at Kaneko Art Museum featuring the two of them and four other readers from the Omaha area. 100 people attended the two-hour event. | ||
| Meaningful Communication 2017: 2017-18 (2473) | Educational Support | American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Kaneko | Communication | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Fall | 2017-18 | Fall | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Education, Capacity Building | Herb Thompson was asked by AIGA to give a talk about the purpose of communication, the context in which to do it, and the ways in which we can make it more meaningful. | ||
| Full Recital at KANEKO: 2019-20 (2031) | Arts, Culture and Humanities | Kaneko | Music | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Music/Dance, Art | For this project, Olga Smola performed a solo recital performing electric violin, jazz, pop, and rock compositions. The recital was titled "Soiree". | ||
| Three Days of Service - 10/15/2016: 2016-17 (128) | Educational Support | Kaneko | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | Scanned and digitized archived documents | |||
| Art Appreciation (Fall 2022): 2022-23 (2791) | Social Justice | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Durham Museum, El Museo Latino, Kaneko, The Union for Contemporary Art | Fine Arts, UNO Libraries, Weber Fine Arts Gallery | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2022-23 | Fall | 2022-23 | 21 | 462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | History | Throughout the semester, students will visit various art organizations in the local community. They will then discuss the organizations' missions, venue, areas of improvement. etc. At the end of the semester, the class will then vote for one organization to receive the $1000 MPI grant. MPI service learning project ART 1010.99 | ||
| 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 |