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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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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West Campus still shows links to WWII past
The Grambling State University West Campus Annex had strong historic ties to the university and community even before it was given to GSU on Aug. 1. West Campus Annex was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp in World War II, the land for which came from local black farmers. Those same men were members […]
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KGRM to host Radiothon
Grambling State University is set to host its first Radiothon, sponsored by the Office of Institutional Advancement and 91.5 KGRM-FM. The Radiothon is a fundraising medium that will reach individuals outside the GSU community. “The Radiothon is just another vehicle. The difference is that we’re reaching out to listeners of KGRM,” said Shirley Clay, […]
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Get ‘Pretty’ at new shop
“Anything to get pretty we have it here at Pretty” is the slogan used by the new hair supply store “Pretty Beauty Supply” located on 309 Main Street in between Realitees and Heavenly Hands Barbershop. This store was opened by former Gramblinite Hanniyyah Castro to help provide a service for the Grambling students. Many […]
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Campus Ministry holds celebration
“God does not give you anything you can not handle,” were the first words that opened up United Campus Ministry week at the Methodist Children’s Home. Under Campus Ministry Director Connie Beaux, each day the women of campus ministry, held an event that would better the Grambling-Ruston community. The first event held, was a […]
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GSU Homecoming 2012
Many festive events are schelduled for Homecoming week. Favrot Student Union Board organized the weeks activites and the theme for this Homecoming is “GSU Flight 1901… You Are Now Free To Roam Tigerland!” Sunday – Gospel Explosion @ 7pm – T.H. Harris Auditorium Featuring: Joshua Rogers; Admission: Free Monday – Common Senses @ […]
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Suspension creates backlash
The director of the Grambling State University Orchesis Dance Company, who has more than 25 years of global dance experience, has been suspended until further notice. Sources say that both Dianne Maroney-Grigsby and her assistant director Teresa Jacobs were temporarily removed from the company last week by the institution, because of two letters to university president Dr. Frank G. Pogue and Vice […]
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Election 2012: Obama and Romney face off in first debate
In the first presidential debate, an aggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Barack Obama over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. With early voting already under way in dozens of states, Romney was particularly assertive in the 90-minute event moderated by Jim Lehrer, host of PBS […]