Suggested Fellow/Mentor Activities
Typical activities may include:
- Observing classes in the mentor's department
- Practicing a mock job interview
- Discussing PFF Fellow’s vita, dossier, and cover letter
- Arranging meetings with other faculty members to discuss academic life in the department and on the campus
- Discussions with faculty, chairs, and administrators concerning tenure and promotion requirements
- Shadowing a faculty member during a typical day
- Attending departmental/division meetings
- Participating in new faculty orientation/talk with faculty development folks
- Visiting the teaching & learning center/campus life office/meet with college assessment officer
- Delivering a research talk at a faculty/student colloquium
- Discussing/participating in curriculum development
- Visiting with faculty/administrators working with instructional technology and/or the delivery of distance education
- Visiting with representative from faculty senate and/or union representative
- Meeting with minority faculty members
- Talking with undergraduates about the experience of graduate school or assisting the department at the university's graduate school fair
- Touring lab/clinical/computer facilities
This list is not meant to exclude other activities that PFF Fellows and faculty mentors may find useful. Also, we understand that a single semester provides time enough for engaging in only a subset of these suggested activities.
