Founder’s Day is a traditional day or a very important day in a school calendar or university campus. Founder’s Day is for the people who founded the school, named it and made history. Most students who attend universities don’t know the history behind their schools. That’s why it is important to acknowledge Founder’s Day on […]
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Is celebrating our founders important?
A founder is a person who establishes an institution or settlement. It is important to have these founders because without them there would be no us. At the same time, however, who is to say one founded a place, when there are only “said” recollections of what actually happened. When we are taught in school […]
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Is celebrating our founders important?
Sarah-Renee Garner Is Founders Day important? Yes, Founder’s Day is extremely important; in fact, it is so important that GSU has turned Founder’s Day into Founder’s Week. Students, faculty, and alumni, get the opportunity to learn about GSU’s humble beginning in several different enriching activities. As a freshman, I did not take Founder’s Week seriously. […]
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Is celebrating our founders important?
Why is it important to celebrate founders? It is important to celebrate founders because it gives significant people reorganization and honor for what they have accomplished for us today. Founders are ordinary people who have felt as though some type of organization, or discoveries should be made to help better our communities, cultures, and […]
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Opening ceremony
The laying of the wreath at the bust of founder Charles P. Adams officially kicks of the Founder’s Week observance Monday morning. Sharing wreath duties are Steven Wilson, Student Government Association president, Miss GSU 2019-2020 Rickinzie Johnikin, and Grambling State President Rick Gallot. The Gramblinite will cover all the Founder’s Week activities in next week’s […]
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Know Your History
How well do you know the history of Grambling State University? Below is a quiz you can take to test your knowledge. Questions range from extremely easy to some only a true GSU historian will know. Take it first off the top of your head, going for what you know; then take it again, looking […]
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Woman on a mission
From her childhood growing up in Grambling until her death in 2000, Wilkerson stayed connected to her hometown and alma mater. Courtesy photo Courtesy photo State Rep. Pinkie Wilkerson (second from left) was involved in her community. Here she is with then Gov. Mike Foster (center) as he recognizes Grambling residents Wanda and Abrah Ford […]
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Tiny dynamo blazed a trail
Bessie McKinney was named an honorary captain of the football team because of her longtime commitment to Grambling athletics. GSU and NFL great Doug Williams presents her with a signed football. Courtesy photo McKinney (left), who attended Tuskegee Institute on a track scholarship, stands with the track team circa 1948. Courtesy photo McKinney with Coach […]
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Olympian was product of an HBCU
Wilma Rudolph won a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics, and in the 1960 games, she won three golds. She attended Tennessee State University. theolympians.co The child who doctors said would never be able to walk became an Olympic track star and world-record-holding sprinter. Wilma Gloden Rudolph born June 23, 1940, in Clarksville, Tennessee. She […]