A familiar face and a special person in Grambling State University history will visit the campus as the Founder’s Day Convocation speaker. Former acting university president Neari F. Warner will speak on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 11 a.m. in the T.H. Harris Auditorium. Dr. Warner played a significant role by providing significant stability and tremendous leadership […]
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Founder’s Week
Monday, Sept. 23 Official Opening of Founder’s Week Ceremony 7:30 a.m. – Founder’s Bust East side of Lee Hall Founder’s Week Community Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Black & Gold Room/Favrot Student Union Tickets: $10.00 (May be purchased at the Office of Advancement or by contacting (318) 274-2217) Tuesday, Sept. […]
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G-Man surprises with musical talent
As the G-Men gathered in the hotel lobby for a team dinner, the sounds of John Legend’s “Ordinary People” was being played on a black piano. It wasn’t Legend; it was freshman kicker and punter Jonathan Wallace. “We were bored and the piano was just sitting there,” said Wallace, a Rayville native, “so I […]
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Redirection, same route
Over the past two weeks, the Grambling State University football team has suffered a drastic change in losing their head coach, Super Bowl XXII MVP and four-time Southwestern Athletic Conference champion coach Doug Williams. Some believed that dismissing Williams was the answer to turning around the football program. Despite the immediate change, one thing still […]
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Graduate makes an impact at the NCBM Conference
Brandon Richardson will tell you hard work pays off. The Grambling State University graduate and doctoral student has been invited to the 40th National Conference of Black Mayors in Atlanta (NCBM) in Bermuda next year and has also been invited to handle the media for the 2014 World Summit of Mayors conference in Colombia. The […]
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Tiger Express goes grande
The Tiger Express food court was packed with students and faculty as Grambling State University President Frank G. Pogue and his wife, Dorothy, stood at the Taco Bell counter ordering tacos as scores of hungry customers stood behind them. Students made it clear last semester that they wanted this fast food option, and Tuesday’s grand […]
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Grambling alum pens new relationship novel
Two hours before kick-off, Grambling State University alumnus Andy Brown began to set up to broadcast the Kansas City Missouri Classic for DFWi Radio, an online radio station. Brown said he drove to his hometown to see his alma mater play. In his left hand, the entrepreneur held a book he published in 2011 titled […]
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Godwin set to direct first play of the season
This is a season of discovery and with each discovery comes a new opportunity for King David Godwin. For his new play, The Amen Corner, opening Tuesday, he expects the audience to leave feeling they have learned or revisited some ideal about the human spirit they may have forgotten. “I chose this production because […]
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Horn possibly Grambling’s next coach?
A roar of excitement and chats of “Who Dat” filled the T.H. Harris auditorium as attendants of Tuesday’s general assembly received an unexpected proposal from former New Orleans Saints wide receiver. Joe Horn announced he wanted his name to be put in the mix of the next head football coach. “I am undoubtedly serious about […]
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Top Freshman officers linked to GSU
For the first time in recent memory, the Grambling State University freshman class elections have produced GSU faculty and staff legacies as Miss Freshman and a freshman class president. Miss Freshman is the daughter of Carolyn Marshall-Jackson, an assistant professor in the department of educational leadership, and Jamie Jackson, the technology and database manager for […]