Partner Institutions
Collaboration with partner institutions, diverse in their missions and their student bodies, is essential to the PFF program. The involvement of faculty members from these settings makes it possible for postdocs and graduate students to experience first-hand what it's like to be a professor in one or several of the educational settings where graduates are likely to get jobs.
Mentors from partner institutions help PFF Fellows learn about their campuses by inviting them to attend faculty orientations or departmental meetings, asking them to teach a class or a unit of a course, explaining the process for achieving tenure at their institutions, and a host of other mentoring experiences.
Descriptions of past partner institutions:
College of Saint Mary, a private Catholic college affiliated with the Sisters of Mercy, is dedicated to the education of women in an environment that calls forth potential and fosters leadership. Approximately 1,000 students come from all regions of the U.S. and several countries. College of Saint Mary education integrates a liberal arts core, practical learning opportunities, career-specific skills, community leadership and service. Carnegie Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Diverse Fields
At Concordia University, you'll find about 60 percent of nearly 1,200 students are from 43 states other than Nebraska as well as from five countries. Owned and operated by The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Concordia University is located in Seward, NE. Concordia has since grown into a fully accredited, coeducational university that has granted degrees to more than 20,000 students. Concordia was ranked in the top tier of the Midwest colleges in the Midwest Region of best baccalaureate colleges category in U.S. News and World Report's rankings. Concordia's student/faculty ratio is 14:1. Carnegie Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Diverse Fields
Creighton University, one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the nation, enrolls more than 6,700 students of diverse faiths and races annually in nine schools and colleges, including medicine, dentistry, and law. Creighton, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is consistently ranked as one of the finest comprehensive universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and regularly appears in Best Buys in American Colleges. Carnegie Classification: Master's Colleges and Universities I (Private)
Founded in 1884 by Danish Lutheran pioneers, Dana College is located in Blair, NE, 20 minutes northwest of metropolitan Omaha. Dana enrolls over 600 students from 35 states and 8 foreign countries. Dana's student/faculty ratio is 12:1. Carnegie Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Diverse Fields
Doane College, located in Crete, Nebraska, (approximately 25 miles from Lincoln) is the oldest four-year, private liberal arts institution in Nebraska. Founded in 1872 by Thomas Doane, chief civil engineer of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, and the Congregationalists, Doane College's 300-acre residential campus in Crete has an enrollment of approximately 1,000 residential students, 750 students in Doane's adult education program in Lincoln, and an additional 1,200 graduate students. Carnegie Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts and Sciences
Hastings College, located in Hastings, NE, is a private, undergraduate, four-year, residential liberal arts college, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Student-to-teacher ratio is just 12 to 1; 85% of the faculty are full time; and 89% of tenured or tenure track faculty have terminal degrees. The student body of approximately 1,190 represents 23 states and six foreign countries. Of the freshmen enrolled in 2005, 37 percent were in the top 25 percent of their high school class and had an average ACT score of 23. Carnegie Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts and Sciences
Metropolitan Community College, located in Omaha, NE, is a comprehensive, full-service, public community college that offers affordable and quality education. Founded in 1974, Metropolitan Community College has the largest enrollment out of six community colleges in Nebraska and is the 10 third largest post-secondary institution in the state. The College serves annually more than 27,000 credit students and almost 20,000 students in continuing education courses. The College offers 120 career options in business administration, computer and office technologies, food arts and management, industrial and construction technologies, nursing and allied health, social sciences and services, visual and electronic technologies and academic transfer. Carnegie Classification: Associate College
Nebraska Wesleyan University, founded in 1887 by the Nebraska Methodists, is comprised of 1600 students and 300 faculty and staff committed to the values and traditions inherent to a liberal arts education. The average class size of 18 with most upper-level classes under 14. Nebraska Wesleyan boasts curricula and programs designed to assist students in gaining and expanding knowledge and skills, in developing their competence in rational thought and communication, in broadening their perspectives on humanity and culture, and in enhancing their spiritual, physical, emotional and aesthetic resources. Carnegie Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts and Sciences
The University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) is Nebraska's public, residential university that is distinguished by a commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. A mid-sized, comprehensive university, it is especially noted for small classes, a scholarly faculty devoted to teaching students first, and an enviable location in a thriving regional population center. More than 170 undergraduate degree options and over 20 pre-professional programs are available, as well as 45 graduate programs offered by 15 departments in education, business, fine arts and humanities, and the natural and social sciences. UNK enrolls approximately 6,500 students from 42 countries, 45 states and from all 93 counties in Nebraska. A general studies program provides each undergraduate student broad familiarity with diverse academic disciplines. The full-time faculty numbers over 300, and 90% have terminal degrees in their specialties. Carnegie Classification: Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) is located in Omaha and is the state's only metropolitan university. It offers nearly 200 programs of study in a learning environment that features the best of both worlds — a small-school atmosphere within a thriving city where internship, employment and entertainment opportunities are plentiful. Nearly 15, 000, including more than 700 international students, attend UNO each year. Carnegie Classification: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), a major unit of the University of Nebraska, serves the State through its programs in health professions education, research, patient care and community service. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs prepare students for a wide variety of careers in health sciences. The main campus in Omaha is home to 900 undergraduate and 1,700 graduate and professional students. The health professions programs of the University of Nebraska Medical Center have a major responsibility for educating dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and allied health professionals in Nebraska. In addition, research-oriented educational activities leading to the M.S. or Ph.D. degree are conducted through departmental, interdepartmental and college programs. Students who complete these advanced studies will be prepared to pursue careers in research and teaching.
