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 Resources
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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.
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Upcoming Events
Mar 22
R: Drive Shifting to Read-OnlyThe R: drive (departmental storage) will be set to read-only. This means that you will no longer be able to add or modify any files on this drive but can still access the files stored there.
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!
Mar 31
Deadline: Spending Account Claims SubmissionEmployees who had 2024 flexible spending accounts have until March 31 to submit claims for reimbursement for expenses incurred in 2024.
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.
News and Announcements
Purdue University Northwest announced following a national search that José R. Sánchez will join the university as dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences, effective May 1, 2025.
Congratulations to Our 2025 Founders Day Award Winners and Honorees
Thank you to all who gathered for the ninth Annual PNW Founders Day Celebration. Congratulations to the years of service honorees, award nominees, and recipients of the outstanding faculty, staff and student awards!
Jan Hanchar, Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
I am pleased to announce Jan Hanchar will serve as our next Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, effective July 1, 2025.