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More than 1,300 new students arrived over the weekend, joining thousands of returning students, as the 2019-20 academic year has arrived.
Westfield State participated in the 10th annual HOOT (Helping Out Our Town) Day throughout Westfield, while today’s events included a President’s Welcome Reception and Town Hall Meeting in Scanlon Banquet Hall this morning, followed by First-Year Convocation at 3:30 p.m. in the Woodward Center and the men’s soccer game vs. Fisher College and “Kick It Up” Opening Event at 7 p.m. at Alumni Field.
Classes begin on Wednesday, September 4.