Good Morning Collaborative,
Sorry for the extra email this week. I forgot to mention an event your faculty might be interested in, the Community-UNL Opportunity Virtual Open Houses on September 17th at 1:30 and September 19th at 9:00.
This event is for faculty who provide service-learning opportunities for their students and are looking for community partners for spring 2025 (and beyond) projects.
The virtual open houses allow faculty members to attend two events to meet with several community members who may be interested in partnering. You can find more information here: https://myextension.unl.edu/community-unl-opportunity-virtual-open-house
Please forward this email to any faculty members who might be interested in participating.
If they are interested in participating, we need the following information from them:
Overview of the project (3-4 sentences)
What is needed from the community (time, money, people, and what they would get out of it, 4-5 sentences)
If there is more information somewhere, like a website
Examples of past projects (a PPT, report, or news article)
Here is what we are using for the School of Computing as an example:
Overview: The University of Nebraska School of Computing’s Senior Design runs a capstone program for junior and senior students majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Software Engineering. This program provides students with real-life experience and prepares them for an industry career.
What is needed: We are looking for 20+ industry organizations or UNL departments to sponsor a computing-design project for our students. As a project sponsor, you will receive around 1,500 student hours of development time over two semesters, plus 100% ownership of the Intellectual Property following the project's end. The students work in teams of 5-6 during the two semesters beginning in August and finishing in May of the following year. This program is an excellent way for your company to interact with UNL, create lasting relationships, and give back to the community by supporting the next generation of innovative talent. The cost is $20,000 for industry partners.
More information: https://computing.unl.edu/senior-design/sponsors
Examples of past projects: https://computing.unl.edu/senior-design/projects/
Thanks!
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Jentry Barrett, Ph.D.
Campus Engagement Zone Coordinator
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Cooperative Ext Division
122 Mussehl Hall
402-472-8829
Pronouns: she, her, hers
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Currently reading: We Are Free to Change the World by Lyndsey Stonebridge
Hello all –
Thanks for the productive conversation at the meeting of the Engagement Collaborative, great things are in progress! Updates:
Strategic Plan
* The draft is in a file in WORD on our TEAMS Site: UNL-Engagement Collaborative
* Great ideas on this! Feel free to add/edit/comment, etc.
* After we all agree on the goals, we will ask for volunteers to take the lead on one of the five “themes” and begin the work.
* Please get input into the teams file by July 31.
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
* UNL is now a member of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium<https://engagementscholarship.org/>
* We will be sending a press release on the benefits and how to access.
* ESC is hosting a conference in Oregon October 9-10, 2024<https://engagementscholarship.org/meetings/esc-2024>.
UNL Engagement Seed Funding
* The next round of funding is due July 17: https://nuramp.nebraska.edu/competitions/start-application?PreselectCompeti…
Engagement Report
* Attached is a report of the Engagement work, feel free to use as needed.
Message to Share with Units
* See below.
Thanks to all for the great work!
Kathleen
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DRAFT Message to Share with Units:
Hello all,
The engagement work of UNL continues to progress and we have some exciting opportunities to share!
* UNL is now a member of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium<https://engagementscholarship.org/>. This membership includes:
* Professional development on topics such as Engagement 101, building engagement in one’s dossier, publishing engaged scholarship, and broader impacts planning
* Outreach and Engagement Professionals Network
* ESC small grants program (next cycle due March, 2025)
* ESC awards program
* Access to the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement and Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
We will continue to provide details!
* The next round of UNL’s Engagement Seed funding is due July 17: https://nuramp.nebraska.edu/competitions/start-application?PreselectCompeti…
* The Engagement Website<https://engage.unl.edu/> and Map<https://engage.unl.edu/ianr/community-engagement/engagement-and-outreach-ma…> continue to evolve – check it out!
Let us know if you have any questions!
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Kathleen Lodl
Associate Dean/4-H Program Administrator
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
211 Ag Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0703
402.472.2966 • klodl1(a)unl.edu<mailto:klodl1@unl.edu>
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Good afternoon!
I wanted to let you know that the Collaborative now has a listserv email address: engagementcollaborative(a)lists.unl.edu, if you ever want to communicate with the group.
Also, we wanted to remind you that our next round of UNL Community Engagement Seed Funding<https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/seed-funding-available-for-com…> applications are due April 19th. The Request for Proposals can be found in the Open Internal Competitions section of NuRamp<https://nuramp.nebraska.edu/login>. Please share this information with your colleagues.
Thanks!
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Jentry Barrett, Ph.D.
Campus Engagement Zone Coordinator
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Cooperative Ext Division
130 Gwendolyn Newkirk Human Sciences Building
402-472-8829
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Book time with Jentry Barrett <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/1a41d12331944f51a8a4c78049a43e7c…>
Currently reading: From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks