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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| Three Days of Service - 10/18/2017: 2016-17 (005) | Environmental Stewardship | Lauritzen Gardens, North High, Omaha Public Schools | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 2 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 93 | 2 | Gardens/Plantlife | Greenhouse and outdoor garden revitalization | |||
| Sacred Circle (Spring 2018): 2017-18 | Health and Wellness, International Service | Native Indian Centered Education Program, North High, Omaha Public Schools | Native American Studies, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | None | 15 | 315 | 0 | 15 | 120 | 0 | Inter/Trans-culture | UNO students from Dr. Robbins’ Special Topics in Native Americans class will connect with Ms. Brittany Strong’s NICE students to create Buckskin Buddies as a method to practice self-care and health-wellness. Mark Frailey and Kaitlyn Rider will guide the students on working with the buckskin pieces influenced by Native American culture. The Buckskin Buddies are being featured in the UNO Library this spring. | ||
| Seven Days of Service - 3/22/2017: 2016-17 (003) | International Service | Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, North High, Omaha Public Schools | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2016-17 | None | 7 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 49 | 0 | Inter/Trans-culture | Phone banked ethnic grocery stores and restaurants to create directory for clients, assembled in-take packets | |||
| Mapping Omaha History (Spring 2021): 2020-21 (2065) | Educational Support | North High, Omaha Public Schools, The Union for Contemporary Art | Honors Program, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2020-21 | Spring | 2020-21 | 21 | 441 | 0 | 24 | 120 | 0 | Capacity Building | UNO students worked with North High Magnet Students to understand the population changes and immigration in the Omaha communities. They used Flipgrid to create an environment to discuss topics such as Redlining in Omaha. They worked together to search of how topics like Crime, Politics, and Media, Education, Health, Social Justice, and Economics are connected to Redlining in Omaha. HONR 3030 098 P-16 Project | ||
| 2010-2017 Nebraska Robotics Expo: 2016-17 (2637) | Educational Support | Beadle Middle School, Bellevue Public Schools, Bennington Elementary School, Benson High School, Omaha Public Schools, Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands, Bryan High School, Omaha Public Schools, Christ The King School, Columbus Public Schools, Conestoga Magnet Elementary, Omaha Public Schools, Creighton Preparatory School, Elkhorn Public Schools, Golden Hills Elementary School, Gretna Middle School, Gross Catholic High School, Hartman Elementary School, Omaha Public Schools, Humphrey St. Francis, La Vista Jr High School, Lewis and Clark Middle School, Omaha Public Schools, Liberty Elementary, Lincoln Public Schools, Lothrop Elementary, Loveland Middle School, Marian High School, Mary Our Queen School, Millard North Middle School, Millard Public Schools, Nebraska 4-H Foundation, Neligh Oakdale Public Schools, North High, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha Public Power District, Parkview Heights Elementary School, Prairie Lane Elementary School, Prairie STEM, Roncalli Catholic High School, Sherwood Foundation, South Omaha Boys and Girls Club, St. Mary's Elementary, Tara Heights Elementary School, Trinity Christian Academy, Union Pacific, Westside School District, Willa Cather Elementary School, York Public Schools | STEM Education | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Workshop | None | Spring | 2016-17 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | STEM/STEM Education | The NRE are from the initial start year 2010 to 2017 for the purpose of capturing all the projects into CEPI. The Expo represents a collaborative effort between the SPIRIT Project and the Nebraska 4-H Youth Development project, and FIRST® LEGO® League to create an outstanding robotics competition for about 1,000 of our local and greater Nebraska area youth. As you cheer on our future scientists and engineers, we encourage you to visit the CEENBoTTM Showcase, FIRST LEGO League events, sponsor booths, and museum exhibits. | |||
| Partners in Performance (Spring 2017): 2016-17 (001) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support | Bryan High School, Omaha Public Schools, North High, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha Area Youth Orchestra | Music, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2016-17 | None | None | 10 | 122 | 0 | 165 | 1,237 | 0 | Music/Dance | Faculty and students from UNO, OAYO, North and Bryan will build musical relationships, and explore communication, leadership, mentorship, and pedagogical skills. An on campus clinic will be held for on one day for high school students to participate in campus visits, on campus lunch and on campus, in depth clinic activities with conductors and UNO musicians. A side by side concert will also be held with the Heartland Philharmonic, Bryan and North High Schools. | ||
| Sacred Circle (Spring 2018): 2017-18 (822) | Social Justice | North High, Omaha Public Schools | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Spirituality, Public Health, Religious Studies (SPHRS) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | None | 5 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | UNO students from the Indigenous Research Methods ANTH 4920 class met during lunch with students from North High's Native Indigenous Centered Education (N.I.C.E.) program to discuss different indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing through meaningful discussions and activities. Students had a chance to partake in the Enslaved Exhibit at UNO which inspired them to display their own showcase of different arts that represented them, their indigenous culture, and what they learned throughout the course of the project from their discussions and trip to the Indian Industrialization School in Genoa, Nebraska. | |||
| Seven Days of Service - 3/22/18: 2017-18 (004) | Environmental Stewardship | Keep Omaha Beautiful, North High, Omaha Public Schools | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | Gardens/Plantlife | Volunteers will be helping with a stormwater pollution prevention project and cleaning and labeling storm drains. | |||
| Running and Winning (Fall 2019): 2019-20 (1159) | Economic Impact, Educational Support, Social Justice | Benson High School, Omaha Public Schools, Bryan High School, Omaha Public Schools, League of Women Voters, North High, Omaha Public Schools, Northwest High School, Omaha Public Schools, South High Magnet, Omaha Public Schools | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 18 | 261 | 0 | 53 | 26 | 8 | Employment and Workforce, Youth Programming, Leadership and Mentoring | UNO students from Instructor Rita Shaughnessy's Fundamentals of Public Speaking course and League of Women Voters will host a workshop for young women from Omaha High Schools. The workshop will introduce them to the political process and possibly encourage them to run for office one day by inviting locally elected women officals to share their experiences and allowing the young women to practice developing a mock political campaign. | ||
| The Art of Samuel Bak (Fall 2019): 2019-20 (1161) | Arts, Culture and Humanities, Educational Support, Social Justice | North High, Omaha Public Schools | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 21 | 89 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 0 | Disadvantaged Populations, Human Rights & Trafficking, Inequality, Civic and Political Engagement, Art, History | Dr. Celinscak's history of Holocaust class will be meeting with students from Omaha North to discuss The Art of Samuel Bak. There is an exhibit coming to UNO featuring his paintings. They will break into small groups and discuss paintings focused on Holocaust, justice, and human rights. Omaha North students will be giving a tour of UNO's art gallery. | ||
| Three Days of Service - 10/17/17: 2017-18 (108) | Environmental Stewardship | Benson Plant Rescue, North High, Omaha Public Schools | Project Achieve, Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | Gardens/Plantlife | Repotting and reorganization of thousands of perennial flowers. | |||
| Three Days of Service - 10/17/2017: 2016-17 (105) | Economic Impact, Environmental Stewardship | North High, Omaha Public Schools, Viking Ship Community Center | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 2 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 82 | 2 | Neighborhood Revitalization | Beautification and enhancement of outdoor grounds | |||
| CHEM IN ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY(Spring 2023): 2022-23 (3333) | Educational Support | North High, Omaha Public Schools | Chemistry | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2022-23 | None | 27 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A study of modern society's impact on our environment and the chemistry needed to understand it. The primary focus is the underlying chemistry of the effects of energy production and properties of fuels while including social, political and economic connections. Impacts on air and water quality, climate change, and fossil fuels are discussed. Additional course topics may also include the ozone layer, plastics, medicine and nutrition. (Fall, spring) Fulfills a University General Education Natural/Physical Science Requirement. CHEM 1010.001 P-16 |