Service Learning Academy

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The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) Service Learning Academy works to support UNO faculty members to develop service learning courses in collaboration with community organizations, governmental agencies, businesses, and P-12 faculty.

UNO has three types of service learning courses:

Traditional
P-16
Service learning courses associated with Maverick Philanthropy Initiative

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Our Mission

Our team facilitates university and community-wide partnerships, develops and collaborates on community-based research, and supports rigorous service learning courses in pursuit of UNO’s metropolitan mission to transform and improve the quality of life locally, nationally, and globally.

Our Vision

We seek to create university-wide partnerships by integrating academic learning and civic engagement to develop innovative service learning courses, research, and scholarship with diverse community stakeholders.

What is Service Learning?

Service Learning is a method of teaching that combines classroom instruction with meaningful, community-identified service. This form of engaged teaching and learning emphasizes critical thinking by using reflection to connect course context with real-world experiences.

Service learning instructors partner with community organizations as co-teachers and encourage a heightened sense of community, civic engagement, and personal responsibility for students while building capacity and contributing real community impact.

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