This Month in Service Learning
Read about all of the service learning activities happening across campus each month.
- published: 2024/03/25
- contact: Robyn Loos - UNO Service Learning Academy
- email: unosla@unomaha.edu
The Service Learning Academy facilitates rigorous experiential learning experiences for students to apply their classroom content to community-identified opportunities in collaboration with UNO faculty members and community partners. We will highlight how our team and partners meet our metropolitan mission each month.
Service Learning Showcase
April 2, 2024
The Service Learning Showcase is an annual event that showcases and celebrates the work of faculty, students, local educators, and community partners through service learning. The Service Learning Showcase will be held on Tuesday, April 2nd from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Thompson Alumni Center.
Please RSVP for the event by emailing unosla@unomaha.edu.
This year, the Service Learning Academy will be hosting a panel discussion, followed by various poster presentations that highlight the impact of service learning on the student experience and on our community. The Service Learning Academy is calling for faculty members and community partners to author posters that articulate how engagement has been integrated into their teaching, research, and/or service.
- If you want to present a poster, please complete this online registration form.
- If you wish to attend, RSVP to us via email at unosla@unomaha.edu.
Questions? Contact Chisom Oguh at coguh@unomaha.edu.
Service Learning Seminar: Save the Date
Join the Service Learning Academy for our annual Service Learning Seminar from July 15-19, 2024! This 4.5-day interactive workshop brings together teams of P-12 educators, UNO faculty members, after-school facilitators, and community partners with the shared goal of developing collaborative service learning courses to implement within the next 18 months. Participants will learn more about service learning, connect with community partners, and participate in a well-developed service learning course.
To attend, please complete this online registration form.
Teaching a Service Learning Course
With summer and fall enrollment open, the Service Learning Academy encourages any faculty members interested in teaching a service learning course to contact us at unosla@unomaha.edu or 402-554-6019!
We work with faculty members to assist with the development of various types of service learning projects – from conceptualizing the project to reaching out to community partners and P12 classes to event support.
To learn more about service learning, our priority areas, types of projects, past projects, and the impact service learning has had on the UNO campus, visit our website at sla.unomaha.edu.
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