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The Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators (MASEA) is a non-profit, professional organization comprised of administrators and counselors from post-secondary institutions who are involved in securing employment opportunities for students. Fourteen states make up the Midwest region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

What are the Goals of MASEA?

· To improve the professional services of those administrators and counselors who assist post-secondary students in securing employment.
· To inform members of trends in employment.
· To exchange ideas relative to the administration of student employment services.
· To serve effectively the interests and needs of students who desire employment to finance their education.
· To facilitate communications between educational institutions and employers of students.
· To encourage and promote educational programs which provide an opportunity for development of the individual student through an employment experience.

History of MASEA
(Taken from the NSEA Almanac, Published 2000)

In March of 1961 a group of professionals, headed by John Griffin from the University of Illinois, Urbana, formally created the Midwest Association of University Student Employment Directors (MAUSED). In 1975, the name was changed to the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators (MASEA). This name change was coincident with convening the national First Annual Convention on Work and the College Student at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL in 1975.

By 1978, MASEA had been joined by three other newly formed regional associations, Northeast (NASEA), Southern (SASEA), and Western (WASEA). Each regional association has held annual conferences since its founding, sometimes in conjunction with or jointly with the national conference when held in its region.

Past MASEA Presidents and Conference locations include: