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Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center

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Nominate a Student for the 2026 Chancellor’s Outstanding Service Learning Student Award!

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Welcome to the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center!

The Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC) is a one-of-a-kind place, designed to combine great ideas and organizations with the boundless energy of the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) campus. Every day, in our meeting rooms, hallways, and building partner offices, people build mutually beneficial collaborations and find creative ways to make a difference in our community.

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**Alt text:** Detail from *Community Visions II,* a mural by Hugo Zamorano (2025), showing vibrant figures of community members, including a seamstress, a child, and people riding a city bus, symbolizing connection, labor, and everyday life in Omaha.

Engaging Omaha: How UNO’s Campus and Community Partnerships Advance Nebraska’s Future 

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Collaboration Begins Here.

Our building partner organizations have the opportunity to work in a place where they benefit from unique access to UNO faculty, staff, and student resources, other UNO and community building partners.

Exterior of the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center at the University of Nebraska Omaha, with university banners and a modern glass and brick facade under a partly cloudy sky.

Office Spaces in UNO's Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center

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UNO Scholar Selected for National Experiential Learning Fellowship

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Jess's Volunteer Resource Center

Jess’s Resource Center is a touch screen access point located in the UNO CEC’s Union Pacific Atrium, promoting volunteer and internship opportunities to UNO students. The wall honors Jessica Lutton Bedient, who was best known for her dedication to helping others through volunteerism. Read her full story.