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University Of Nebraska At Omaha, December Commencement 2003, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Service To Children Through Teaching, School Of Education

Curriculum

This guide features: Lesson Plan for Writing Letter to Military Personnel; Parts of a Friendly Letter; Book for Class to Welcome New Students; Describe Your Teacher; Know Your Town; Care of Classroom Pets; Picnic Game; Positive Characteristics About our Classmates; Teaching Procedures and Practices; and a Service Learning Lesson Plan.

Web-Based Digital Portfolios And Counselor Supervision, Paul E. Barnes, Paul A. Clark, Bryce Thull

Counseling Faculty Publications

Web-based digital portfolios provide a promising tool for counselor supervisors looking for effective ways to evaluate counselor candidates while maximizing the associated learning process. This paper describes a project involving the use of web-based portfolios that were created by counselor candidates. The project illustrates the benefits of the web-based portfolio for both the counselor supervisor and for the counselors in training.

Fact Book 2003, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Fact Book

The Fact Book has been designed to present a variety of information and data about the University, in a concise, easily-used format. We have included details regarding student and faculty information broken out by college, rank, level, gender, age and ethnicity for both spring and fall semesters. This year we have added additional faculty information which includes both full and part-time by gender and ethnicity. Full-Time excludes faculty on phased retirement and includes six Senior Research Associates not in the bargaining unit. Part-Time includes 15 partial retired bargaining unit faculty. We have also included UNO faculty and staff headcount by …

Completions 2002-03, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Completions

IPEDS Completions annual report contains the following information:

• Number of awards conferred by program, by level, and by race/ethnicity and gender of recipient
• Number of completers, separately by race/ethnicity, gender, age and level of award

Completions 2003-2004, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Completions

IPEDS Completions annual report contains the following information: • Number of awards conferred by program, by level, and by race/ethnicity and gender of recipient • Number of completers, separately by race/ethnicity, gender, age and level of award

Common Data Set 2003, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Common Data Sets

Common Data Set (2003 - 2004) for the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

University Of Nebraska At Omaha Strategic Plan, Strategic Planning Steering Committee

Strategic Plan

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is Nebraska's metropolitan university -- a university with strong academic values and significant relationships with our community that transform and improve life.

UNO will:

• Place students at the center of the educational enterprise;
• Expand the educational achievement, intellectual aspirations and horizons of our students with local, state, national, and global communities;
• Offer comprehensive educational programs and services of the highest quality;
• Serve as a recognized center for research, scholarship, creative expression and artistic performance designed to meet the broader community’s needs;
• Provide outreach partnerships that address the concerns and …

Enrollment Report - Fall 2003, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Enrollment Reports

The Enrollment Report provides administrative and delivery-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours, as well as the demographic characteristics of enrolled students. The purpose of this profile is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college or equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity.

Spr Bulletin, Spring 2003, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients.

University Of Nebraska At Omaha, August Commencement 2003, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Enrollment Report - Summer 2003, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Enrollment Reports

The Enrollment Report provides administrative and delivery-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours, as well as the demographic characteristics of enrolled students. The purpose of this profile is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college or equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity.

Service-Learning And Character Education As "Antidotes" For Children With Egos That Cannot Perform, Howard Muscott

Disabilities

The author describes an after-school service-learning and character education program for students with emotional, behavioral, and learning problems and there nondisabled peers. SO Prepared for Citizenship honors the memory and tradition of Dr. Fritz Redl and David Wineman 50 years after the publication of their book, Children Who Hate. Written in the style of that classic book, this article describes the characteristics of students who have “egos that cannot perform” and program strategies designed to help children and adolescents develop "controls from within."

University Of Nebraska At Omaha, May Commencement 2003, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Spr Bulletin, Fall 2002, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients.

Enrollment Report - Spring 2003, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Enrollment Reports

The Enrollment Report provides administrative and delivery-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours, as well as the demographic characteristics of enrolled students. The purpose of this profile is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college or equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity.

Mission, Vision, Values, Goals And Objectives, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Strategic Plan

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is Nebraska's metropolitan university - a university with the academic and scholarly values common to all universities as well as an interactive relationship with the urban and regional environments.

Finance 2003-04, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Finance

IPEDS Finance annual report contains the following information: • Revenues by source (e.g., tuition and fees, government, private gifts) • Expenses by function (e.g., instruction, research, plant maintenance and operation) • Scholarships, physical plant assets and indebtedness • Assets, liabilities and net assets • Different formats are used based on the institution’s accounting standards

Human Resources, Staff Information, 2003-04, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Human Resources

IPEDS Human Resources annual report contains the following information: • Employees by primary occupational activity, faculty status, full and part time (collected separately for medical schools) • Full-time instructional staff by academic rank, gender and function • Total salary outlay and number of months covered by academic rank and gender

Student Financial Aid 2003-04, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Financial Aid

IPEDS Student Financial Aid annual report contains the following information: • Number and percent of undergraduate and of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students receiving student financial aid, by type of aid and average amount of aid received

Fall Enrollment 2003-04, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Fall Enrollment

IPEDS Fall Enrollment annual report contains the following information: • Full- and part-time fall enrollments by level, by race/ethnicity and gender of student • Number of students engaged in distance education, by level and location • Age distributions by student level (odd-numbered years) • State of residence of first-time first-year students (even-numbered years) • Total number of students in the entering class • Fall-to-fall retention rates of full-time and part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (less than 4-year institutions), and first-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students (4-year institutions)

Graduation Rates 2003-04, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Graduation Rate

IPEDS Graduation Rates annual report contains the following information: • Numbers of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking in a particular year (cohort), by race/ethnicity and gender • Number completing within 150% of normal time to program completion • Number transferred to other institutions • Developed to help institutions comply with requirements of Student Right-to-know • Worksheets are provided to calculate rates

Institutional Characteristics 2003-04, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Institutional Characteristics

IPEDS Institutional Characteristics Annual report contains the following information:

• Admissions requirements
• Institutional price/cost data for full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students
• Tuition and required fees by level or program
• Room and board charges

Undergraduate Catalog (2003-2004), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Undergraduate Catalogs

A comprehensive, public university, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNOmaha) is located in the heart of Nebraska's largest city. Situated on 88.5 acres and surrounded by beautiful parks and residential neighborhoods, the University is easily accessed by three of Omaha's main arteries: Dodge Street, 72nd Street and 60th Street. The Peter Kiewit Institute of Information Science, Technology and Engineering is located on a 70-acre parcel of land at 67th and Pacific streets. Each is connected to the interstate system circling Omaha.

Health Issues Of Migrant Workers: An Awareness Campaign Project For Middle School Students, Go Serv, Rmc Research Corporation, Cesar Chavez Foundation

Curriculum

César E. Chávez was one of the most significant and influential civil rights leaders of our time. Chávez devoted himself to social justice and improving the lives of the impoverished and oppressed. His name, like that of Martin Luther King, Jr., symbolizes character and commitment. This project, part of the “Educating the Heart” series, has been developed to honor of the life and work of César E. Chávez.

The César E. Chávez “Health Issues of Migrant Workers” project provides a multi-faceted service-learning experience that will give high school students an understanding of César E. Chávez’s core values, specifically service to …

Making Change: Promoting Character Education Through Philanthropic Service-Learning Projects, Kathia Monard-Weissman

Curriculum

The New York State Department of Education in its efforts to foster moral principles in students is sponsoring programs that integrate a component of character education in the course of instruction in grades kindergarten through twelve. Creating and sustaining a meaningful approach to character education requires partnerships between school personnel, students and the broader community. The NYS Department of Education recognizes that programs that integrate community-based activities in the school curricula can help nurture important values such as honesty, tolerance to diversity, respect towards others, fairness, caring, and trustworthiness. These values will likely enhance the students' interactions with the community …

The Great American Bake Sale: A Program Of Share Our Strength, Cathryn Berger Kaye

Curriculum

Service Learning Curriculum to Address Childhood Hunger

Guía Para Promover La Acción Social De Niños Y Adolescentes/ Aprendizaje En Servicio, La Nacion Line

Curriculum

El aprendizaje-servicio, es una metodología de pedagógica de enseñanza que promueve el trabajo solidario de los jóvenes con el objetivo de optimizar los aprendizaje académicos y la formación personal.

Seizing The Moment: Creating A Changed Society And University Through Outreach, Judith A. Ramaley

Higher Education

This conference is built on two very interesting premises; first, that university outreach can change society and second, that outreach can also change the university. What is the mechanism by which this mutual influence can occur? What does the university offer the community, and what does the community offer the university? The short answer is--the opportunity to learn in the company of others in a situation where learning has consequences.

Meeting Ncate Standards Through Service-Learning: Diversity, National Service-Learning In Teacher Education Partnership

Diversity

Over the past several years, college campuses across North America have seen an increase in the variety of service-learning projects integrated with academic course goals. Federal and state governments are asking schools, colleges, and departments of education to promote service-learning because of service-learning's unique capacity to promote high-quality learning and civic engagement in its participants. Teacher educators are responding by embedding service- learning into various teacher education courses and they report positive outcomes. For example, experiences in culturally diverse and/or low-income schools and communities juxtaposed with multicultural education courses provide preservice teachers the opportunity to gain a better understanding of …