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Change in store for Campus Ministry

Campus Ministry has always been a way for students to keep their relationship with God on the right path. In the past months, the number of students who have a pure desire to seek God has increased. Henry Tolbert, director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and graduate of Grambling State University, is the program […]

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Lab schools hold graduation exercises

Hands clapped, air horns sounded, and tears flood as the graduating class of 2010 at GSU Laboratory High School marched into their places to begin the end of a long road. Families and friends gathered in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center to give their support.”From kittens to full grown Tigers,” Porsha Kennedy, salutatorian, addressed […]

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GSU students head to South Africa

This summer Grambling State University students Jelyse Dawson and Derrill Miller will travel to South Africa to participate in The Coca-Cola Company’s Open Happiness tour.Coca-Cola has committed $30 million over the next six years to provide access to safe drinking water to communities throughout Africa through its Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN). RAIN, implemented by The […]

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Historic education official to be graduation speaker

Dr. Muriel A. Howard, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will be speaker for spring commencement.The graduation ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m. May 15 in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.Graduation practice is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Assembly Center.Dr. Howard is the first African-American to lead […]

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Solving unimagined problems takes creative thinking

tities can’t contain today’s problems. Everything from the financial meltdown of 2008-09 to the Greek debt crisis to the recent oil spill in the Gulf Coast makes us feel that the civilized world’s abilities to contain big challenges are shrinking. What has happened in the past few decades that created this condition of helplessness in […]

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Dedication ceremonies set for naming buildings

Grambling State University will permanently etch the names Conrad Hutchinson and Fredrick C. Hobdy into Grambling history on May 13, during building dedication ceremonies on the university campus. At 11 a.m. Grambling will dedicate the new performing arts center to legendary band director Conrad Hutchinson, who is credited with making the Grambling marching band a […]

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SGA leader bids farewell to GSU

Fellow Gramblinites:For the past year, it has been my honor to serve as your SGA president. For me this has been a period of progress but yet a time set apart. Today, in my final message to you, I would like to deliver a very simple and heartfelt message: Thank you. Before I depart, I […]

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Track team takes championship

According to GSUtiger.com, Grambling State rallied on the final day to move from third to champions in the 2010 Men’s Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships despite miserable weather conditions. During the final day push in running events, GSU claimed third place outdistancing Arkansas-Pine Bluff and the Golden Lions’ dominating performance in […]

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Gramblinite wraps up award-winning year

The Gramblinite, the student-run newspaper at Grambling State, is wrapping up another successful year, with the announcement of 15 Louisiana Press Association awards won. The LPA awards were presented Saturday in Lafayette at the organization’s 130th annual convention.The Gramblinite entered four contests (one statewide, two regional, and one national) for student newspapers during the school […]

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Future of Grambling State is in our hands

As the semester comes to an end, this is the time for evaluation. Teachers evaluate how much we learned while we evaluate how much teachers taught. I would like to propose another type of evaluation: the love evaluation. How much of God’s love has been shown in your daily life? Oftentimes we check our standing […]