- Mailing Address
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6001 Dodge Street
Eppley Administration Building, Room 111
Omaha, Nebraska 68182 - Phone
- (402) 554-2393
- Email address
- unoadmissions@unomaha.edu
- Website
- https://www.unomaha.edu/
- School Information
- "Since its inception in 1908, the University of Nebraska Omaha has been firmly anchored in the community, forging partnerships with business, education, government, arts and civic organizations. UNO has long set the pace for accessible higher education in Nebraska and continues to offer an academically rigorous experience to a diverse student body" (Source: https://www.unomaha.edu/strategic-planning/plan/index.php). UN Omaha offers over 200 majors and programs and hosts an undergraduate student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1 as well as a graduate student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1. There are over 15,000 students enrolled including over 3,000 graduate students enrolled. The school has over 2,000 faculty members.
- General Information
- UNO offers several courses that incorporate the concepts of race and racism. In addition, UNO provides an Equity and Inclusion Certificate in addition to numerous other events and programs relating to diversity. One such event welcomed Ibram X. Kendi, the author of "How to Be an Anti-Racist." UNO provides financial incentives for DEI training for faculty and staff. No mandatory Critical Race Training is yet required of students. However, see developments below:
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Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
UNO's Center for Faculty Excellence "offers a variety of workshops and other professional development activities addressing topics relating to diversity, equity, access and inclusion."
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Program and Research Funding
Faculty and staff who participate in DEI workshops are given funding. These workshops include the Microaggressions Awareness Training, Equity Institute Workshop Series, Faculty Search Training, and many other events and programs.
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Resources
The Goldstein Center for Human Rights provides resources for anti-racism.
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Symbolic Actions
The School of Public Administration released a statement outlining its "commitment to anti-racism."
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Resources
On March 3, 2021, UNO announced that, "A University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) professor, the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska, and local teachers are teaming up to bring anti-racist theories and practices to Omaha-area classrooms."
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Symbolic Actions
UNO highlighted a College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences professor who authored a novel on anti-bias.
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Resources
UNO's Criss Library offers anti-oppression resources which includes Ibram X. Kendi's "How to Be an Anti-Racist."
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Resources
UNO states that, "The Office of Academic Affairs is committed to fostering a culture of inclusive excellence at UNO." The Office of Academic Affairs offers numerous programs for this purpose.
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Resources
The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences has a Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion Committee which offers numerous programs for DEI.
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Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
UNO's Academic Advising Council has a DEI committee which "plans DEI programming for AAC meetings" and "coordinates DEI training opportunities for advisors."
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Symbolic Actions
UNO's College of Business Administration released a statement saying, "The pursuit of diversity, equity, inclusivity is crucial to the current and future success of the College of Business Administration. Therefore, we vow to create a culture of inclusivity; to attract and retain a more diverse faculty, staff, and student body; and to address diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion through our policies and procedures, while championing these initiatives on the UNO campus and within the Greater Omaha area." UNO's CBA also offers DEI resources.
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Symbolic Actions
The College of Arts and Sciences released a Statement on DEI.
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Resources
UNO's College of Public Affairs and Community Service offers resources for DEI.
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Resources
On February 10, 2020, UNO announced that the Office of Multicultural Affairs held an event hosting Ibram X. Kendi, author of "How to Be an Anti-Racist."
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Symbolic Actions
On June 4, 2020, the Office of Multicultural Affairs released a statement responding to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and James Scurlock.
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Political Actions and Support for Anti-Racism
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology released a BLM statement.
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Curriculum Changes and Requirements
UNO's Political Science program offers a Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Politics concentration.
Critical Race Training Courses Offered
- TED 8150 Anti-Racism Education: Principles and Practices
- CRCJ 3380 Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice
- CRCJ 3410 Law and the Black Community
- UBNS 8020/BLST 8020 Race, Ethnicity, and American Urban Culture
- SOC 3900 Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.
- SOWK 2120 Race, Class, and Gender in the United States
- CMST 4580/CMST 8586/BLST 4580/BLST 8586 Communicating Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
- PHIL 3480 Philosophy of Race