What Targeted Outreach Projects Belong on UNL's Engagement and Outreach Map?

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Activities focused on structured educational partnerships services provided, and knowledge transfer such as formal university-led programs, workshops, and certifications delivered to community audiences in an effort to solve problems, enhance skills, or promote economic/community development. 

Questions about the project:

  • Are you bringing non-UNL people to campus for a service or programming? 

    • If yes, then it belongs on the map! 

      • Examples of these kinds of projects 

        • Math Day 

        • Language Fair 

        • FEWS2 events 

        • Child Nutrition Training Academy 

        • Osher Lifelong Learning classes on campus

        • College of Law clinic events

        • Future Farmers of America Career Development Events 

        • Professional Development workshops open to non-UNL-enrolled attendees on campus

        • Events on campus open to the public, that involve UNL faculty, staff, and students like concerts, research slams, data walks, and symposia.  

    • Examples that do not belong on the map 

      • Recruitment visits that only provide tours and information about campus 

  • Are you traveling to a community in Nebraska to provide a service or programming?   

    • If yes, then it belongs on the map!

      • Examples of these kinds of projects

        • College of Law Clinic events off-campus

        • Osher Lifelong Learning classes off-campus

        • Center for Children, Families, and the Law events

        • Northeast Nebraska Ag and Natural Resources Education Compact events

        • VITA events off-campus

Do you have a community deliverable that doesn’t exactly match these examples like a podcast, website, practitioner or lay-person publication? We would love to showcase it on the Community Resources Database. Please fill out the following form: CRDB Survey

Instructions on what Academic Engagement and Experiential Learning projects belong on the map

Instructions on what Scholarship and Research-Engaged projects belong on the map

Instructions on what Public Service projects belong on the map

UNL's Engagement and Outreach Map

Definition of a community partner includes, but is not limited to: children and their families (including students, schools, and childcare providers), teachers, and administrators; business professionals; industry representatives; local and state government officials; non-profits; youth/community organizations; commodity groups; and the general public.