Students, Faculty, and Staff Receive Funding for Civic Engagement Projects
Here at UNO, students, faculty, and staff work to organize and execute civic engagement activities. A number of these activities are funded by Civic Participation Mini-Grants each year through an application process. Take a look at this year's list of funded projects.
- published: 2021/06/03
- contact: Robyn Loos
- email: rloos@unomaha.edu
Each semester, UNO students, faculty, and staff can apply to receive mini grants that fund civic engagement activities.
During the previous year of mini grant application cycles there was a new effort to ensure UNO students could be part of the process. UNO students can now work with a faculty or staff member to apply for mini grants each year.
"Civic engagement mini-grants provide faculty, staff, and students with opportunities to extend learning into our community and provide students with hands-on experiences that create insight into real-life issues affecting society today."
Deborah Smith-Howell, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs
Here is a list of the mini grant recipients from Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Recipient Name | Department | College or Main Units | Project Name |
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Calvin Williams; Phani Tej Adidam | Business Administration | Business Administration | Freedomtainment |
Derrick Fox | Music | Communication, Fine Arts, and Media | Reflections of Us: Celebrating Diversity Through Literacy |
Ali Alghaithi; Mahbubul Majumder |
Mathematics |
Arts and Sciences | Civic Participation Data Visualization Competition |
Janet Reilly |
Political Science
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Arts and Sciences | Human Rights Advocacy in the Time of Covid-19: Virtual Conference |
Shelly Cooper; Katrina Cox | Music | Communication, Fine Arts, and Media; Education, Health, and Human Services | Ukulele at UNO |
Josie Gatti Shafer | Center for Public Affairs Research | Public Affairs and Community Service | Student Election Survey |
Jodi Benenson | Public Administration | Public Affairs and Community Service | Women in Public Policy Week 2021 |
Projects, activities, initiatives, and coursework most reflective of the Civic Participation Project involve:
- Significant undergraduate student participation
- Engage the local, regional or national communities
- Promote the quality of life in those communities by working to make a difference utilizing a combination of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation, pursuant to the national American Democracy Project initiative.
Go to the Academic Community Engagement website to learn about open applications and download a full list of recipients.