Get Involved
UNO Service Learning Academy (SLA)
Contact: unosla@unomaha.eduUNO SLA Website
For Community Organizations
- Access capacity-building resources through the P-16 Initiative, Traditional, and Maverick Philanthropy service learning classes
- Fill gaps in community and classroom resources
- Increase your organization's exposure
- Get to know more UNO faculty and students
For UNO Students
- Participate in hands-on learning
- Build your resume
- Network with community members
- Strengthen career-based skills (problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication)
For UNO Faculty and P-12 Educators
- Connect your course with a local community partner, or a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade (P-12) class to support your teaching
- Contribute to student learning
- Access more opportunities for publication and conference presentation
- Bring P-12 students and UNO students together
- Receive graduate assistant support
Service learning is an experiential method of teaching. Collaborative partnerships between faculty, students, and community groups and organizations create projects that are tightly linked to course content and promote academic learning while addressing community-identified needs and opportunities.
The SLA is located on the second floor of the CEC, suite 216.
The Student Leadership and Innovation Collaborative (The Collaborative)
Contact: unoserves@unomaha.eduWebsite
For Outside Community Organizations and Individuals
- Short and long term service projects (60 Minutes of Service, and UNO Signature Service Days)
- Request UNO volunteers
- Apply to access student interns through The Collaborative
For UNO Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Participate in short and long term service projects (60 Minutes of Service, and UNO Signature Service Days)
- Sign-up to receive volunteer opportunities at unoserve@unomaha.edu
- Find service-driven student employment
- Access the Maverick Food Pantry
The Collaborative office is located on the first floor of the CEC, suite 130. They connect the network of UNO volunteers with community partners, providing nonprofit or community and UNO-based organizations with the ongoing support of UNO volunteers through the sharing of service events and volunteer opportunities. There is always a need for volunteers within the community, and The Collaborative is here to help. To register to be on their community partner list contact them at unoserve@unomaha.edu.