MaPSAC
The Management and Professional Staff Advisory Committee serves as a two-way conduit between administrative and professional staff and PNW’s senior administration.
Why Join MaPSAC?
You can…
- Select Founders Day Outstanding Employee Award winners
- Coordinate professional development opportunities
- Make recommendations to university administration regarding changes to policies and procedures
We accept nominations from all divisions! All 0.5 FTE PNW employees classified as administrative/professionals and operations/technical assistants are eligible to join.

Professional Development Awards
Application Due: February 21
Advance your career with a MaPSAC Professional Development Award! Spring 2025 awards support professional development activities from July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025, including past events with receipts.

Professional Development Resources
Invest in yourself. The following professional-development resources help you build skills, grow and learn.
The Management and Professional Staff Advisory Committee(MaPSAC) serves as a two-way conduit between administrative and professional staff and the senior administration. As such, MaPSAC serves two distinct areas, each with the need to hear the other and to be heard by the other.
In its role as a communications facilitator, MaPSAC offers administrative and professional staff a mechanism to voice their interests and concerns as they relate to campus affairs.
To ensure staff are heard, informed and engaged, MaPSAC reviews, interprets and recommends changes to policies and procedures impacting administrative and professional staff to the university administration.
MaPSAC also sponsors professional development and engagement activities and educates administrative and professional staff regarding issues affecting employment.
Upcoming Events
Feb 21
MaPSAC Professional Development AwardsMaPSAC Professional Development Awards are available to management and professional career stream positions of .50 FTE or greater at Purdue Northwest campuses.
Mar 23
2025 “Best of the Region” Voting DeadlineThe Times of Northwest Indiana has opened the polls to vote in the 2025 Best of the Region contest. Please take the time to vote for PNW!
Apr 03
PNW Alumni Hall of Fame InductionJoin us for the 2025 PNW Alumni Hall of Fame Induction. Honorees will be recognized on Thursday, April 3, 2025 in Alumni Hall on the PNW Hammond campus.