In the landscaped island adjacent to Grambling State University’s Lee Hall Financial Aid Building, a bust of the university founder and first president, Charles P. Adams, stands on a marble base. His statue is molded with him looking off into the distance, as if he is looking into the future. Adams in fact did […]
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SGA and Tye Tribbett break barriers
The Student Government Association took a chance and stepped out of the box to offer something different: the iLEAD Summit. The first day was held on Friday. It was the nucleus of the three-day event, leaving students with a greater knowledge of leadership. “I have been empowered from this summit,” said Tiffany Lee, […]
Students gravitate to GSU
Unofficial Grambling State University enrollment figures show an increase from the fall 2011 semester, a modest 1.3 percent rise in undergraduate numbers and significant 13 percent leap for graduate enrollment. There are 5,277 students enrolled at GSU this fall, compared to 5,207 students last fall. Many credit the increased numbers to the administration’s continuing […]
Alumnus seeks help for transplant
Grambling State alumnus Rev. Davince Taylor has recently reached out to current students and alumni to help raise money for a costly medical procedure. Rev. Taylor was informed that he was experiencing kidney failure in May 2011. He has since undergone peritoneal dialysis, which he was able to administer at home. But he recently […]
Lewis Temple CME Church gives away car
The congregation and newly appointed pastor of Lewis Temple CME Church, Rev. David Hartfield-Dyels pooled their resources to bless a fellow member with transportation. The fortunate member, Tiara Martin, has served as the church pianist for nearly two years. For Martin, who is a single mother, commuting back and forth from Shreveport to […]
Speaker challenges students to lead
Activist and author Boyce Watkins challenged Grambling State University students to think for themselves, to respect women and to push aside eight damaging messages in some of today’s hiphop music. During the Constitution Day event in the T.H. Harris Auditorium Tuesday, Sept. 18, Watkins said though he enjoys much of today’s music, it worried […]
Campus briefs
Founder’s week activities kick off with opening ceremony, breakfast Grambling State University will host its annual Founder’s Week activities with some traditional events on Sept. 24 and Sept. 25. The opening ceremony will kick off at 7:30 a.m. on Monday as President Frank G. Pogue and Grambling Mayor Edward Jones sign a proclamation to […]
Aramark gets new dining director
New changes are happening within Aramark Dining services on the campus of Grambling State University. Former catering director Karen Ashford has been named as the new Service Director for Aramark dining. She is taking the place of Chuck Parson who was promoted within the company and relocate to Seattle to serve West Washington University […]
Student Union gets makeover
During the #GramFam Union Takeover this past Tuesday, SGA provided a personal tour of the Student Union, revealed the new Tiger Den and in appreciation of the student body, Jonathan Allen supplied each student a discount card. Previous SGA President Channing Gaulden was the first to initiate the idea of the Tiger Den and […]
Student of the Week
“In all things, aim to be, rather than to seem,” is what the biography of Corban Bell reads on his Instagram profile. Bell, a 22-year-old economics and accounting major from Manteca, Calif., has proven himself to be a student-leader on and off the campus of Grambling State University. The California native has served […]