The legacy of north Louisiana journalism and sports icon Collie J. Nicholson will continue through an endowed scholarship and elevation to a national hall of fame later this month.On Feb. 19, the late sports information director who almost single-handedly brought Grambling State and its winning football team to international attention […]
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Gramblinites share Super Bowl experience
First, let me say that I want congratulate Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rogers for stepping out of Brett Favre’s footsteps and winning one. The Super Bowl has become the biggest sporting event of the year and this year’s game was in America’s biggest and most expensive stadium. Newly built […]
Terry Lilly: Dancing to his dreams
Super Bowl XLV was just a game to some, but for Terry Lilly it was a dream come true. Grambling State University’s very own Terry Lilly, director of Recreation/Intramural Sports and Spirit Coordinator, was invited to be a guest choreographer for the halftime show. “I did not choreograph Usher,” Lilly […]
Broadway ends tenure at GSU
Just a mere three days after Coach Rod Broadway’s untimely departure to North Carolina A&T, Coach Andre Robinson was named interim head football coach by President Frank G. Pogue Monday. Robinson, who replaces Broadway, is no stranger to the Grambling program. During his college career at Grambling, he led the […]
Center for HBCU Media Advocacy Announces Nominees for Inaugural HBCU Awards
The Center for HBCU Media Advocacy announced the finalists for the 2011 HBCU Awards, to be held on Thursday, March 18 in Greensboro, N.C. Saint Augustine’s College, Bowie State University, Hampton University and Texas Southern University were among the institutions with multiple nominations.From the nominee list:HBCU of the YearHampton UniversitySaint […]
‘Mailman’ delivers scholarship
Karl Malone, the NBA Hall of Famer who is nicknamed “The Mailman,” lived up to his title and delivered a $25,000 check donation to the College of Business for the formation of the Karl Malone Family Scholarship at Grambling State University. Many GSU students and others questioned what made the […]
NEWS BRIEFS
The Louisiana Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (LA-EPSCoR) is soliciting research proposals from the state’s tenured, tenure-track or full-time research professors in science and engineering. Proposals are due April 18. The program is limited to the science and engineering research disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation. For more […]
Phi Beta Lambda chapter sponsors blood drive
The Grambling State University, Alpha Tau chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, held its winter blood drive recently. The Lambdas’ purpose in sponsoring LifeShare Blood Centers of Monroe was sickle cell anemia awareness, a leading disease in the African American community. “There is a low-rate of African American blood donations being […]
Religious extremists invade Tech
An estimated 15 religious protesters condemned Louisiana Tech University students to hell during lunch Tuesday.Representatives of Consuming Fire Fellowship from Woodville, Miss., held hell-centered signs and verbally assaulted students. The protestors distributed pamphlets with scriptures of the God’s wrath toward sinners. For some on Louisiana Tech’s campus, hate-based expression is […]
A pioneer for Black males inspires them
Johnny C. Taylor, who is a lawyer, entrepreneur and CEO and president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, spoke to the male members of the Freshman Class at Grambling State University last week in Grambling Hall.The program was a part of The Males Initiative, which kicked off Oct. 24, 2010. […]