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Counseling services met challenges with knowledge

Grambling State University offers assistance to students needing help while away from home. The Student Counseling Services (SCS) at GSU is here to improve students’ personal development and to promote mental stability. Hours for the Student Counseling Services are Monday thru Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., by calling (318) 274-2222. “You are able to […]

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CMAST encourages sophomores

The Rising Sophomore Academy for Science-Technology- Engineering-Mathematics (STEM) major students had the chance to pro-actively develop and train to become twenty-first century scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. The academy ran Sunday, May 17 through Friday, May 29. Students heard of the program from several sources such as mail and internet. “While registering for Grambling, a copy […]

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Grambling High graduates 45, 15 with honors

Forty-five students graduated on May 18 from Grambling State University Laboratory High School. As the Grambling High School Band began to play the graduates anxiously marched out to an awaiting crowd of parents, guardians, teachers and friends. Out of the 45 graduating seniors, 15 graduated with honors. Six of those people graduated with a GPA […]

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Intramural Center offers activities for students, staff

If you are looking for something to do after classes, consider the Intramural Center. The Grambling State University Intramural Center has some activities to keep students busy during summer school. When students have nothing to do they go to the Intramural center for activities such as basketball, racquetball, aerobics, track and lifting weights. Coach Rex […]

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GMMS exceeds state LEAP expectations

One hundred percent of the eighth graders who took the Spring 2009 LEAP tests at Grambling State University Middle School met the standards necessary for promotion to ninth grade.The students also surpassed the state average in 20 of 21 of the LEAP standard categories. – Eighth-graders at GSU Middle scored an average of 72 percent […]

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Student tasered after scuffle with officer

Posted: July 18 at 1:50 a.m.UPDATED: 2:15 a.m.According to several reports, the campus was “locked down” after a fight occurred on campus. However, the GSUPD told The Gramblinite the campus was not locked down. According to various reports, a fight broke out on campus. Afterward, a scuffle between a student and GSUPD officer Freddie Peterson […]

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Pre-Freshman Academy draws students to science

The Center for the Mathematical Achievement in Science and Technology Pre-Freshman Academy will begin on Sunday, and run through Friday, June 26. The academy has been around since the summer of 2006.The purpose of the two week academy is to increase the mathematics literacy and proficiency of the participating students. “To be eligible for the […]

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Jindal informs graduates that ‘Truth is power’

More than 400 graduates walked across the stage on May 17 at Grambling State University to receive their diplomas.The commencement address was given by Gov. Bobby Jindal amid his fight to reduce budgets for education and health care in Louisiana. However, Jindal did not touch on the budget crisis. “The worst thing is to look […]

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Health care reform would aid economy

Health care reform is more than a social imperative – it is an economic necessity. A new study by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers demonstrates that the current American health care system is on an unsustainable path. Without health care reform, American workers and families will continue to experience eroding health care benefits and […]

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Why make the choice for GSU?

Grambling State University, “The Place Where Everybody is Somebody” is best known by some for “The World Famed Tiger Marching Band, 2008 SWAC Champion Football Team as well as academic programs. But why do most students choose to attend GSU?Some students attend Grambling because of family tradition while others say it is not too far […]