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The Civic Participation Project at UNO, a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' American Democracy Project (ADP), seeks to engage our university community - students, faculty, staff, and administrators - to understand and participate in activities designed to increase their civic engagement. The goal of the project is to promote the development of an informed and contributing citizenry for the United States in the 21st century. The University of Nebraska at Omaha is a metropolitan university with a mission to disseminate knowledge through teaching and research, and by offering public service to the citizens of the state, particularly the residents of the Omaha metropolitan area. The American Democracy Project's goals match those of our institution well. Metropolitan universities like ours bear particular responsibility to be not only in the community, but of the community.

Constitution Week - September 15-19, 2008

Please come and join us in the activities scheduled to honor this great document, symbolic of our freedom.

All Week: Celebrating Freedom! Art Work by the Girls and Boys of CampfireUSA. Criss Library: Second Floor.

• Monday, September 15 - Readings and reflections from award-winnig UNO Speech and Forensics team. Fireplace Lounge, MBSC. 11:00A - 1:00P.


• Wednesday, September 17 - "Guns on Campus": A debate on the right to bear concealed weapons on campus. Featuring Arthur Romano, renowned peace activist and winner of the Rotary World Peace Fellowship, and Michael Guzman, President of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. Nebraska Room, Milo Bail Student Center. 1:00P - 2:30P.


• Thursday, September 18 - The Story of the Constitution. Join us as students from Western Hills University Partnership Magnet Center celebrate Constitution Day by sharing what they have learned about this historical document. Collaborating Commons, College of Public Affairs and Community Service. 12:00P - 1:00P.
  
  "Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership", featuring David Gergen in a simulcast of the Governor's Lecure in the Humanities. Ballroom, Milo Bail Student Center. 7:30P.