PFF Mentors

An essential element of a successful PFF program is the individual mentoring student participants receive from faculty members--both at UNL and at partner institutions. Many PFF students find the mentorship experience to be the most helpful and rewarding aspect of the program, and often they maintain lasting professional relationships with their PFF mentors.

PFF fellows are advanced doctoral students selected by each participating department. The first part of the program is a five-week, on-campus summer seminar. The second part takes place over the fall semester, as students make two to four visits to a partner campus and participate in various mentoring activities. Fellows may opt for a spring mentoring activity at a second campus.

Faculty mentors who choose to participate in the PFF program will be paired with a participating fellow. After an initial consultation in the fall, fellows and their mentors construct an individual program of activities designed to develop teaching competence, knowledge of the academic profession, and an understanding of the partner institution's academic culture.