CEC Community Building Partner (BPO) New Project Form

The purpose of this form is for CEC community building partners to submit collaborative projects. Submitting your projects allow us (the CEC) to enhance how we facilitate building partnerships, as well as track outreach, document outcomes, and communicate impact. We use this data to demonstrate the impact and value of the CEC to our donors, campus and university leadership, state decision-makers, and accreditors.

Who should use this form?

CEC community building partners with office space in the CEC (including organizational employees)
This form is not intended to be used by UNO organizations or any organizations outside of those non-university organizations listed on our website.

Annual Requirement

Submissions are due each year by due on May 31
While all submissions are due annually, we highly recommend entering projects each semester or as completed.
Each project should be a single form submission.
Request data entry support or training by emailing Robyn Loos at rloos@unomaha.edu.

Semesterly Check-ins

We will reach out to community building partners each semester to offer support and as a friendly reminder regarding projects.

What is a project?

A collaboration that involves a CEC community building partner, other campus partners (not housed in the CEC), and/or any other CEC building partner.

Here are some examples of projects:

Supervising a UNO student intern and/or volunteer
Engaging a UNO class to support your organization
Working with a UNO faculty or staff member on a grant project
Working with a UNO faculty or staff member for evaluation or research
Working with a CEC building partner to develop/implement programming
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What are the benefits to my organization?

Access your data to share with key stakeholders and board members
Utilize project submissions for supplemental information for reporting, grant applications, etc.
Facilitate your organization's future reapplications for space

How do we communicate partnerships?

We utilize a campus-wide data collection tool called The Community Engagement Partnership Initiative (CEPI) to document and visualize the way our community and campus partner. This data is critical to UNO's mission and the CEC community building partners play a critical role in this data.
The tool allows the campus and public to really visualize and tell a story about the partnerships through a series of maps and reports, and over time shows the intensity of collaboration.
We also strategically tell stories about your submissions to our university leadership, stakeholders, and promote/market these to our building-wide audiences.

By submitting this form, you give UNO and the CEC permission to enter projects into CEPI (when applicable) and agree that all the information submitted is accurate and true.