Dear President Pogue: We, the current members of the Orchesis Dance Company, are writing to you in a most respectful and humble manner to address our concern about the temporary loss of our Artistic Director, Dianne Maroney-Grigsby. This has the greatest affect on us and we ask that you read this letter with […]
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Alums give back to technology
Grambling graduates Jon Hawkins and Ken Lear has chosen to give back to the Department of Engineering Technology when the department established the “DET Wall of Fame”. The purpose of the “Wall” is to display alums and others who make a contribution to the department for the proposed C.A. Wiley Scholarship Program and/or supplies and […]
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Light, smoke, pray: the misconceptions
“What’s up Craig, What’s up Smokey? What ya’ll smoking on?” If you’re a movie buff like myself you know exactly what movie, down to the character and scene I got this line from. But the idea of an unemployed young Black man who smokes marijuana depicts all young Black men in that image (in the […]
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Professors publish multivolume book
Vernon L. Farmer, professor of education, and Evelyn Shepherd-Wynn, assistant professor of English, recently published a multivolume book about the experiences, struggles and successes of historical and contemporary Black American pioneers. In Voices of Historical and Contemporary Black American Pioneers, the life stories and career histories of 250 historical figures are told through biographies; […]
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Gospel Explosion kicks off Homecoming Week
Grambling State University kicked off its Homecoming festivities with a gospel celebration Sunday evening in T.H. Harris Auditorium. “GSU Flight 1901″ made its first landing at the Gospel Explosion with Joshua Rodgers, this season’s Sunday’s Best winner. Jacoby Tubbs and Miss Plus Couture Brittany Smith were the hosts for the show. Excitement filled the […]
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Visitor drops the ‘biz’ on students
President of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism and the Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism visited Grambling State University Monday. On a one-day visit, Andrew Leckey spoke to a carpet laid and window vented room with over 30 eager students from The Department of Mass Communication on the importance of business […]
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Advisory council to lead Living Learning Centre
The new Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Anthony Johnson, has put an advisory council in place for the Living Learning Centre in an effort to better manage and develop the program for the 2012/2013 academic year. The Living Learning Centre, LLC, is a Title III sponsored program. The program is aimed at holistically […]
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2012 election heating following second debate
With three weeks until Election Day and less than a week from their third and final debate, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney went heads up on the financial system and other domestic issues on Tuesday night. The Town Hall-style debate was held at Hofstra University in New York City with Candy […]
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Return of UA: Don’t call it a comeback
Underground music is about passion. A true underground artist will create music from the heart, as opposed to something tailored to a commercial market. “Don’t call it a comeback” was the famous words LL Cool J spit over one of his famous songs, “Mama Said Knock You Out.” For hip hop group UA, rejuvenating […]
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Alumni concert to benefit GHS
The Grambling Laboratory School Gymnasium will host Tigerland music legends this weekend. Those in attendance will be Soul Pride, Leech and the Gang, and POLO. All will gather for the concert Saturday to benefit the school. Among the artists in attendance will be drummer Samuel Osborne, who has played with American Idol‘s Randy Jackson […]