Grambling State University will educate and entertain future college students during its annual High School Day on Saturday. Students from Dallas, Houston, Lake Charles and Shreveport as well as Grambling, Ruston and Monroe are expected to attend. “Students should expect a fun, safe environment,” said Edward Scott, assistant director of admissions and head of […]
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Sandy hits East Coast
A hurricane on the East Coast doesn’t usually happen often, but this year it has made its mark. Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast earlier this week and currently takes the title as the biggest storm of the year. Covering the Caribbean this past weekend, Fox News reported that the hurricane could be blamed for […]
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GSU’s West Campus to get name change
Grambling State University has changed the name of recently acquired property formally known as Grambling State University West Campus. In honor of the university’s longest serving president, R.W.E. Jones, effective Tuesday the university’s 157- acre west campus is called Grambling State University West Campus: R.W.E Jones Annex. The naming was approved by the University of […]
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Senate addresses natatorium, campus safety
Students voiced their concerns Wednesday evening as the Student Government Association held its monthly Senate meeting in the theater of the Favrot Student Union. The meeting covered issues that some students seem to be in the dark about, including progress of the natatorium and safety issues regarding university police. Associate Vice President of Finance […]
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Student has book signing
“Now is the time for us to know what comes tomorrow and not wait for yesterday to tell us what we could’ve known today,” a life philosophy that student and now published author Jordan Gaither lives by. Gaither held a book signing in the Barnes and Noble bookstore located in the Favrot Student Union […]
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GSU to get new online program
Grambling State University will soon offer a 100 percent online collaborative degree, helping those who have started but not finish college to earn a bachelor in organizational leadership. “The main purpose of the program is to bring back students who have earned some college credit but never completed the requirements for a degree,” Rama […]
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Get political: FSUB, SGA bring debate to Tiger Den
Nearly 60 million television viewers tuned in to watch the third and final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney on Monday night; among that 60 million were Grambling State University students. The Student Government Association and Favrot Student Union Board, in effort to keep students politically inform, hosted pizza and politics […]
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Kitten court crowns queens
It was a dream in white Wednesday night as Breyonna Lynette Morgan of Farmerville was presented to family, friends and classmates and crowned as Miss Grambling High School 2012-2013. Even though the event started late it was still an event to remember, as the floor began to fill with beautifully gowned young ladies and their […]
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Long overdue, ’61 title team to be recognized
Fifty-one years ago, a men’s basketball team, coached by Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer Fred Hobdy, changed the dynamics of what you would call a No. 13 seed. A team, captained by Rex Tippitt, Charles Hardnett and Herschel West, knocked off the No. 1 seed, followed by the No. 3 seed of the 1961 […]
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Public relations almunus returns to GSU
Vernon Cheek, a 1991 graduate of Grambling State University, will speak to mass communication students on Monday, Oct. 22 from 9:00 a.m. until 11 a.m. in Room 100 of the Washington-Johnson Complex. Cheek is in his third year in publicity with CBS Television Network in Los Angeles, Calif. He promotes several television shows as […]