Category: News

In the next few days, Hurricane Sally is expected to make landfall even though Louisiana has not fully recovered from Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Laura struck the southeast regions of Louisiana approximately three weeks ago. Rain and wind damage caused Grambling’s campus to close for a week. Hurricanes are categorized based upon sustained wind speed which […]

Grambling State University students Jasmine Franklin and Lindsay Johnson were selected for the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. UNITED’s “Pay It Forward” program.  The program is an internship program aimed to provide students at historically black colleges with opportunities to celebrate achievement and further their success.  Franklin and Johnson were chosen after filling out their applications in […]

Grambling State University Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer Martin Lemelle, Jr. announced in July his candidacy for Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District election.   “I’m running for the 5th Congressional District because the opportunities that exist in Louisiana have not been realized,” Lemelle said. “There are far too many citizens within our state, within our […]

GRAMBLING, La – August 30, 2020 – In the aftermath of recovering from the impact of Hurricane Laura, Grambling State University officials announced today that online and face-to-face classes will resume Tuesday, September 8. Administrative offices are planned to resume operations Tuesday, September 1.  Registration for the fall semester will remain open until September 11. […]

This pandemic has made it very difficult for many sports writers such as myself to find interesting topics to talk about in the sports world. It has me questioning myself as to, “what should I write about”? Although sports had been postponed for a few months now, professional sports have begun to reopen under some […]

Grambling State University Police Department continue to investigate the Aug. 13 campus shooting that occurred after a large fight. The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. between Pinchback and Douglass Halls. One person was shot with non-life-threatening injuries. The person identified as a non-student. University police implemented additional security measures following the shooting. Security measures included […]

GRAMBLING, La. – August 20, 2020 – Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Monroe representatives will be on the Grambling State University campus for two days to offer free COVID-19 testing to the community. The event will be held Wednesday, August 26, and Thursday, August 27, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly […]

The worldwide coronavirus pandemic that has struck has left many students confused and wondering when they will be able to come back on campus.  Grambling State University opened registration for fall effective this April via email, but still many wonder will the students, faculty and staff members will get to go back to school.  Many […]

The coronavirus has presented an unprecedented situation for Grambling State university. GSU announced on March 13 in a press release that students had to leave campus. The Office of Housing and Living wrote that it “urges students to vacate campus no later than March 23, 2020”. Soon after the reminder of the spring and summer […]

Almost a month ago, I was tested for COVID-19.  I’m negative.  I had pneumonia instead.  It was the scariest experience during the pandemic.  I was isolated in the beginning before my results came back.  I was continually isolated from my family, they couldn’t come in to see me.  My spouse could only go so far […]