The UNO Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center offers unique office spaces for community organizations.
We aren’t your average office rental space!
The CEC is a unique and welcoming office environment that offers opportunities for collaboration, capacity-building, organizational growth, and campus partnerships.
By having office space in the CEC, located on UNO’s beautiful Dodge Street campus, our building partners thrive in a collaborative and vibrant community that offers the following benefits:
- Early reservation access to the CEC’s extensive, free meeting spaces and parking
- Easy access to immediate/last-minute meeting rooms
- Guest parking for meetings and events (large events, immediate or on demand parking needs, list access, etc.)
- On-site free, secure wireless and videoconferencing
- Access to copier rooms and UNO Creative Production Lab
- Student-run welcome and information desk for guests
- Belonging to a community of supportive nonprofits that share expertise and resources
- Access to world-class faculty experts and their students for program evaluation, research, and consultation
- Increased organizational capacity through UNO's nationally recognized Service Learning Academy
- Facilitated connections to UNO students as interns, volunteers, and employees
- Student energy and ideas in the same space
- Facilities and amenities available on campus (e.g., library, fitness center, food, etc.)
- Central, accessible, and bike-friendly location in the center of Omaha, in walking distance of Elmwood Park
- Ideal satellite office space for large organizations who are interested in connecting with UNO’s students, faculty and researchers.
Types of Community Organizations in the CEC
- Nonprofits
- Multi-agency collaborations focused on a project for public benefit
- Government projects or initiatives (governmental organizations)
- Micro-enterprise organizations (must have a major social entrepreneurship or public good/benefit component)
- Institutions of higher education (including other NU campuses), early childhood, K-12 and/or K-16 initiatives
- Philanthropic initiatives, programs, or organizations
Before You Apply
Organizations will need to include the following information attached with their application:
- Current year budget, YTD vs Actual, current Financial Statement, Budget for Next Fiscal Year
- Most recent strategic plan
- Organization’s listing of current board members/directors
How to Apply for Office Space
- Start by contacting us regarding your interest in office space
- Heike Langdon, the CEC's Manager of Possibilities, will email you to set up a meeting to discuss your interest and get access to the application
- Review our rental fees
- Review this shared commitment document
- Review the before you apply section above
- Submit your application
- Go through a committee review and approval process
For Approved Applicants
- Approved applicants provide required documentation including a signed lease agreement, certificate of Insurance with limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence, and $3,000,000 aggregate naming the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska as an additional insured, and go through the orientation process.