Organization and administration MCLA is governed by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Beyond that, MCLA has extra-institutional representation of 11 voting members and the Board of Trustees, whose members are appointed by the governor which has 11 voting members. A student representative to the board of trustees is elected every spring by the student body to sit for one academic year. Administration positions include 12 men and 24 women. Academic affairs is headed by the vice president for academic affairs. Business and finances is headed by the vice president for administration and finance. Student affairs is headed by the vice president of student affairs. The full-time instructional faculty has 52 men and 36 women. The academic governance body, All College Committee, meets an average of nine times each year. Publications The school has two student publications: The Beacon, a weekly newspaper, and Spires, a literary magazine published each year. Radio Station WJJW broadcasts for 140 hours each week, and episodes of the student-run college TV news program, Beacon Web News, are produced once a week. MCLA also has one faculty publication: The Mind's Eye, and one alumni publication, Beacons & Seeds, which comes out twice a year. Notable alumni Daniel E. Bosley - member emeritus of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1986 - 2011) Thomas Calter- member emeritus of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2007 - 2018) Mary Grant - former president of MCLA and the first alumna to serve as president. Ken Hill - retired MLB player. Anton Strout - urban fantasy novelist. John Barrett III - state legislator, mayor of North Adams for 26 years Derek Lalonde - head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, two-time Stanley Cup champion as assistant coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning References External links Liberal arts colleges in Massachusetts Educational institutions established in 1894 Buildings and structures in North Adams, Massachusetts Universities and colleges in Berkshire County, Massachusetts 1894 establishments in Massachusetts Public universities and colleges in Massachusetts Public liberal arts colleges in the United States