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 and Traditional 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 K-12 Educators
- Connect your course with a local community partner, or a 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
- 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 meeting the needs of the community.
The SLA is located on the second floor of the CEC, suite 216.
UNO Office of Civic and Social Responsibility (CSR)
Contact: unoserves@unomaha.eduUNO CSR Website
For Outside Community Organizations and Individuals
- Short and long term service projects (60 Minutes of Service, and UNO Signature Service Days)
- Request UNO volunteers
- The Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (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 through The Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative)
- Access the Maverick Food Pantry
The OCSR is located on the first floor of the CEC, suite 130. CSR connects 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 OCSR is here to help. To get registered as a CSR community partner contact them at unoserve@unomaha.edu.