With all the politics and hearsay floating around many individuals have lost sight of who is truly being affected by the higher education budget cuts. Since 2014, Grambling State University has seen how detrimental budget cuts can be. The School of Nursing had struggled to say afloat for some time now and in summer 2015 […]
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Grambling suspends search for AD
The state’s budget crisis that recently hit Louisiana has now claimed its first fatality for the year, and its sports. In a letter over the weekend Grambling State University President Dr. Willie Larkin announced that Grambling is suspending its search for a new athletic director due to the “uncertainty around the University’s budget.” […]
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‘No confidence’ vote in Dr. Larkin
Members of Grambling State University’s Faculty Senate have voted “no-confidence” in President Willie Larkin. The vote of the 18-member senate was 10 in favor and seven against, with one abstention in the vote taken Tuesday. Larkin’s immediate predecessor, former interim President Cynthia Warrick, also received a no-confidence vote in November 2014. GSU Interim Director of […]
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Groups start water drive for Flint
The water in the city of Flint, Michigan, about 60 miles northwest of Detroit, has been contaminated and ruled unsafe for natives to use. Upsilon Phi Upsilon and Omega Tau Pi have started a drive to collect cases, jugs, or gallons of water for the victims in Flint, Michigan. According to Upsilon Phi Upsilon member […]
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Zika virus declared global emergency
A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the World Health Organization. Zika is a virus spread by mosquitoes that affects its victims with a fever rash, joint pain and red eyes. In most cases, the illness is mild with symptoms lasting […]
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Governor visits GSU
A line formed nearly to Eddie G. Robinson Stadium as faculty, students and members of the Grambling community waited to enter the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center to have the opportunity to meet and greet with newly sworn in Gov. John Bel Edwards. Gov. Edwards arrived on campus at 9 a.m. and was greeted by […]
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Acclaim for World Famed
Super Bowl halftime shows in recent years have been spectacles of top-name musical acts: Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, and the like. And who could forget the “nip-slip” year Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed? But those who were around in the early days of the game remember that college marching bands were […]
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GSU students win Lexus and Flow scholarships
Two Grambling State University students, Jimmitriv Roberson and LaTerra Smith, have been awarded a $5,000 scholarship in recognition of their community leadership and academic excellence from the Lexus Verses and Flow Scholarship. Smith “I honestly cannot explain how I felt about winning the scholarship, but to best describe my feelings, I was overjoyed and […]
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Grambling lab charter school approved
The Louisiana Department of Education has approved a recommendation to convert Grambling’s three laboratory schools into a single Type 2 charter school system. FORD This decision means that the laboratory schools are no longer in danger of closing and will open in August as the Grambling Laboratory Charter School for k-12 students. The new […]