Faculty

Discover resources for PNW faculty, from quick links and Academic Affair resources to official Purdue University Northwest policies.

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Information for Faculty and Staff

From Blackboard to class schedules, find the resources you use most with our faculty and staff page! You can also stay up to date on breaking PNW news and events.

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Faculty Resources

From faculty promotion and tenure to PNW’s classroom disruption policy, explore comprehensive Academic Affairs Resources.

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Faculty Focus

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Personal Faculty Webpages

Learn about the accomplishments and research interests of PNW faculty with personal faculty webpages managed by the faculty members themselves!

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Policies

Looking for official PNW policies? See a listing, from the student bill of rights to campus parking.

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Faculty Senate

PNW’s Faculty Senate exercises faculty legislative, policy-making and advisory powers.

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Inside PNW

Inside PNW is the official news digest for university faculty and staff.

Campus Announcements

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Update on Leadership of the College of Business

Kwangsoo Park, Associate Dean and Director of the White Lodging School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, will begin serving as Interim Dean of the College of Business at Purdue University Northwest, effective July 4, 2025.

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PNW is once again voted “The Best in the Region”

We are proud to share that Purdue University Northwest has once again been voted as the Best College/University in The Times of Northwest Indiana newspaper’s 2025 “Best of the Region” ballot! Thank you to everyone who voted and who helped get the word out asking others to vote as well.

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New Printer Procurement Process

There is now a new process to request and purchase printers at PNW. This process will allow for more self-service, with the requestor working directly with the vendor to assess the situation, and provide a quote for the new device.

Upcoming Events

Jun 24

Middle School Engineering Summer Camp

Middle school students will gain hands-on experience building bridges, assembling an EV go-cart and the learn the basics of 3D printing.

Jun 24

Finch Robot Summer Camp

2025 Finch Robot Campers will be introduced to computational thinking by programming a robot using blocked based and drag and drop coding.

Jun 24

Write On! Summer Camp

At our Write On! Summer Camp, middle-school student writers will spend time getting words on the page each day. The goal is to engage in creativity and writing production.

Jun 24

Exploring the Fundamentals of Social Robotics

Join our exciting camp, where students dive into the world of Social Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction. They learn the fundamentals while getting hands-on experience building real robots using open-source tools like Peerbots!