“When people speak Grambling, they speak of a name that is above other universities because of tradition,” said Valvasti Williams Jr., a member of the class of 1985. When you think of Grambling you think of tradition, you think of all the people before who opened the doors and made the paths for an […]
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Zetas show their sporty side; Alphas go old school
The line on Saturday to enter Grambling State University’s T.H. Harris Auditorium stretched down Main Street. As students, alumni and faculty flocked to park take in one of the last homecoming events- The Greek Step Show. “I expect the GSU students to put on an awesome show, to represent well, and may the best […]
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Community gathers for breakfast
Each year Founders Week celebrates the pillars of Grambling State University and honoring its founder and first president Charles P. Adams. The breakfast brought administration, alumni, Grambling residents, students and some faculty/staff to the Black and Gold Room in the Favrot Student Union on Monday. Fans from the surrounding areas were also in attendance […]
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Martha Pierce: a life of sevice
Spending over 60 years in the Grambling community, Martha Viola Pierce is a long time Gramblinite. Pierce began her career at Grambling State University in 1951, then called Grambling College, under the leadership of second president Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones. Jones, better known as “Prez”, hired Pierce just three years after graduating high school. […]
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GSU celebrates the lives of fallen Tigers
I met Ha’Chelle at orientation of my freshman year. We had mutual friends which brought us extremely close. Chelle became one of my closest friends. We spent a lot of time together. I still find it hard to believe that she is not here with us, we were suppose to graduate together. Words can’t […]
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Greetings from the president
Dear Students: It is my pleasure to welcome you, our new and returning students, to Grambling State University (GSU) for the 2012 Fall semester. I hope that you have enjoyed a wonderful and fruitful summer and that you are ready to return to the business of your education. This promises to be an exciting […]
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Miss GSU welcomes you
Greetings TIGERS, It is my pleasure to welcome you to another exciting year filled with rich tradition and excellence. I am extremely honored and humbled to reign as your queen for the 2012-2013 academic school year at “The Place Where Everybody Is Somebody”! I hope each Gramblinite had a wonderful summer, and is now […]
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Miss Black & Gold welcomes
Welcome to a new exciting adventure and learning experience at Grambling State University! I would like to welcome you to our new academic year, 2012-2013. For returning faculty, staff and students, I trust that your summer was on that was productive and intellectually stimulating as we as restful. For our new faculty, staff, and students, […]
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Greetings from FSUB
Greetings Tigers, On behalf of the Favrot Student Union Board, I would like to welcome you all back for a great year in Tiger Land. My name is Kyndra Todd, and I will be serving as your 2012-2013 FSUB President. I am truly elated for this upcoming year, for I know that it […]