Westfield State University will host New York Times reporter and 2017 MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow Nikole Hannah-Jones on March 7 at 6 p.m. in Scanlon Banquet Hall. Part of the University's Higher Ed/Higher Ground speaker series, the event is free and open to the public.

Ramon S. Torrecilha, Ph.D., president of Westfield State University, was recently appointed as a trustee of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. Dr. Torrecilha will serve a three-year term.