Author: La'DASHA FLOURNOY

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Thelma S. Williams: Grambling’s historian

Thinking of influential women in society, some turn to Harriet Tubman, Michelle Obama, or Oprah to give appreciation to during this month. Nonetheless, we shouldn’t forget to appreciate women here in the community who nurture us when we rarely notice it. From a simple smile from the janitor in the […]

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A salute to Clara Miles, a student favorite

As a baby-faced freshman from Southern Louisiana, the Grambling atmosphere didn’t offer much that reminded me of home. Northern and Southern Louisiana are two vastly different worlds. The people, mind frames and lifestyles caused me to wonder if I would experience college life without going crazy. So I latched onto […]

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Feminist? Why, yes.

#8220;Imani, you are a feminist,” the Caribbean guy of short stature and large opinion blurted one sunny afternoon. This guy always offered sporadic perceptions of my identity. Another day he criticized my Skittles inspired ensemble and called me a wannabe Latina. I held random opinions of him that never became […]

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Grambling community remembers former department head

Dr. Geraldine Ramona Hastings AndersonOctober 16, 1920 – March 27, 2010Dr. Geraldine Ramona Hastings Anderson was the eighth and youngest child born to the late Alice Sims Hastings and Sylvester Varick Hastings of Tuskegee, Alabama. She completed her primary and secondary education at Chambliss Children’s House and Tuskegee Institute High […]

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Coach Washington staying?

The position was posted. Resumes were received, but Bobby Washington, interim head basketball coach, is recruiting who may be another coach’s team.In August, Washington was only two days into arriving at Grambling when player Henry White tragically died from extreme practicing conditions. This was days before the NCAA’s approved beginning […]

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G-nite sports writers return to offer advice

Nicholas Love:Former sports columnist for The Gramblinite Nicholas Love recently spoke to mass communication students, professors and faculty members to reflect on his experience here during his undergraduate years at Grambling State. As a Grambling State undergraduate, Love majored in mass communication and was an avid member of campus organizations, […]

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Resident assistants rank high at conference

Residential Life Area Coordinators Dana Howard and Erin Walker, along with Assistant Director, Jolanda Taylor and Director, Anthony Jackson, recently chaperoned a group of 20 Grambling State University Resident Assistants and two graduate assistants to the Louisiana Association of Housing Officers Equipping Resident Assistants Conference in Dry Creek. The group […]

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Grambling city and university cleanup

e Great American Clean-up, and volunteers from Grambling and Grambling State University made sure that the city and campus were clean. Students, faculty, staff, administrators and community leaders and volunteers grabbed plastic bags and gloves and set out on foot and began picking up trash. This effort was spearheaded by […]

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Career day held for high school students

Grambling High School celebrated “GSU Day – When Kittens Become Tigers” on Friday, March 19 in the GHS Gymnasium. Susan Billups Wiley, GHS PTS president, assistant to the Dean for Corporate, student, and alumni relations at the GSU College of Business, and also a former GHS/Grambling State University student, presided […]

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Gearing Up for the 2010 LA GEARUP

Dr. Loretta Walton Jaggers and Dr. Nanthalia McJamerson , Professors of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction ( College of Education), are in the process of preparing for the upcoming 2010 LA GEAR UP Summer Learning Camps. There will be two one week camps that will be held […]