Engaging Nebraska, Impacting Communities, Transforming Students

December 5, 2017

Teaching & Engagement, 2013 Summary Faculty from various departments in the College of Architecture will develop transformational curricula with civic engagement at its core by establishing a robust service learning program embedded in the specific courses. The courses will establish …

Rural Community Serviceship Program

December 5, 2017

Teaching & Engagement, 2013 Summary The Rural Community Serviceship project is a mash-up between service-learning and a professional internship. Through the serviceship program, college students have the opportunity to serve as an intern for a community as opposed to …

Juvenile Re-entry to Nebraska’s Rural Communities

December 5, 2017

Teaching & Engagement, 2013 Summary The Juvenile Reentry Project is a service learning project that matches student mentors to youth who typically do not get matched via traditional mentoring programs. It is often difficult to match these youth because they …

The Rural Public Health Undergraduate Student Research Project

December 5, 2017

Teaching & Engagement, 2013 Summary The goal of the Rural Public Health Undergraduate Student Research Projects was to introduce undergraduate students to public health through a transdisciplinary research project under supervision of a faculty member with the hope of …

Ecotourism & Agritourism Development in Nebraska

December 5, 2017

Teaching & Engagement, 2013 Summary The long-term goal of this project is to increase knowledge that enables Nebraska’s rural landowners and communities in increasing economic and community capacity by developing successful ecotourism ventures that enhance environmental sustainability. Innovative entrepreneurial tourism …

Students Engaged in Economic Development of Rural Areas

December 5, 2017

Teaching & Engagement, 2013 Summary This project engaged undergraduate students directly with rural community economic development activities. Undergraduate students from rural communities returned to their hometowns and interviewed local stakeholders with the goal of identifying viable economic opportunities in those …

Entrepreneurship Based Economic Development

December 5, 2017

Research & Engagement, 2013 Summary The viability of rural communities in Nebraska depends upon economic growth. Economic development is a policy objective of local governments. Business recruitment has been the primary strategy for most government officials and economic …

Marketing Hometown America

December 5, 2017

Research & Engagement, 2013 Impacts This program has led to numerous community-specific successes, expansion across the Great Plains and international attention. Research within this project has demonstrated that confidence, capacity-building and behavior can be increased in community-based leadership …

Communities Creating Their Own Innovation & Entrepreneurship

December 5, 2017

Research & Engagement, 2013 Summary ECAP is a holistic facilitative process with the goals of attracting and retaining working age population and creating entrepreneurial environments that lead to community vitality. The ECAP project will engage community members to provide feedback …

Rural Sourcing

December 5, 2017

Research & Engagement, 2013 Results The concept of “rural sourcing” relates to existing and start-up companies strategically locating operations in rural areas to reduce labor costs and increase employee reliability. This project built on a successful “cross-sourcing” model to recruit …

Using Crowdsourcing for Leadership Development in Rural Communities

November 17, 2017

Research & Engagement, 2013 Results Designed and implemented a virtual crowdlearning case-based leadership development program for rural Nebraska civic and business leaders. Case-based programs used realistic and engaging scenarios to help develop skills in leadership, creative thinking and …