Landscapes of Belonging is collaborating with the UNO Service Learning Academy to support service learning projects that incorporate the refugee communities and/or organizations in Omaha.
About the Project | Service Learning Grant
Landscapes of Belonging: Refugee Experiences in Nebraska and Beyond
Nebraska, with a substantial foreign-born population, has been one of the highest recipients of refugees per capita. Nebraska is home to diverse populations from Burma, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Afghanistan. Landscapes of Belonging: Refugee Experiences in Nebraska and Beyond, aims to promote research, teaching, and community engagement in understanding refugee experiences in Nebraska and beyond.
- Research: Conducting and supporting research projects on refugees in Nebraska and globally, focusing on their backgrounds, experiences, and integration into broader society.
- Teaching: Teaching refugee-related topics through developing courses, service-learning projects, and internship opportunities that explore the refugee experiences in Nebraska.
- Community Engagement: Enhance UNO engagement with Nebraska’s refugee communities by organizing events and workshops that raise public awareness of refugees.
Landscapes of Belonging: Service Learning Grant
Landscapes of Belonging is collaborating with the UNO Service Learning Academy to support service learning projects that incorporate the refugee communities and organizations in Omaha.
Expectations of applicants:
- Applicants are full or part-time faculty members teaching at UNO
- Applicants can teach in-person, online or hybrid courses
- Applicants will teach a course in Spring or Fall 2026 with the service learning component that incorporates refugees or refugee organizations in Omaha
- Applicants attend the Service Learning Seminar in Summer 2025 or have attended before.
Successful applications will receive a $1000 course development stipend. Selection will be made by Dr. Lana Obradovic, Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights, Julie Dierberger, UNO Chief Engagement Officer, and Dr. Laura Alexander, Director of the Goldstein Center for Human Rights. All stipends will be received at the beginning of the semester the course is taught directly to the faculty member.
Application materials:
- Letter from the applicant to include:
- Course description and outline of the service learning project
- Faculty member’s experience teaching service learning courses
- Implementation timeline
- Potential community partners
- Letter of support from the department chair
- Course outline/syllabus provided to students
Submit your application by 11:59 PM on August 15, 2025.
Please direct questions to Dr. Lana Obradovic or Julie Dierberger.