The Student Government Association took a chance and stepped out of the box to offer something different: the iLEAD Summit. The first day was held on Friday. It was the nucleus of the three-day event, leaving students with a greater knowledge of leadership. “I have been empowered from […]
Author: DIANA SEPULVEDA
#HBCUnified makes statement at Grambling
The #HBCUnified’s first official event was National Political Awareness Day, which flooded the yard with students on Sept. 20. #HBCUnified was coined during the summer when several HBCU Student Government Association presidents wanted unity, and support an important cause. The event was geared toward the upcoming November elections, where […]
Winless Lady Tigers
The Lady Tigers (0-6) tried to rebound after a tough start to their season Thursday night against Wiley College (5-4), but fell short as they dropped all three sets. Lady Tigers got off to an aggressive start and was neck to neck with Wiley before losing the first set 25-20. […]
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 […]
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 […]
GSU football finds kicker
Grambling State University has decided to give Phares Wabo of the GSU men’s intramural soccer club team a chance on the football team as the new place kicker. “I feel like it’s something great happening in my life. I definitely want to thank God,” Wabo said on getting the […]
Women’s soccer team confident despite winless start
Another season and the Lady Tigers soccer team’s woes continue. After a 2011 campaign that saw the Lady Tigers go 1-17, they have started this season 0-4. If all you looked at were the scores from their last three games – a 6-2 loss to Arkansas State, a […]
Honoring our origins
In the landscaped island adjacent to Grambling State University’s Lee Hall Financial Aid Building, a bust of the university founder and first president, Charles P. Adams, stands on a marble base. His statue is molded with him looking off into the distance, as if he is looking into the […]
Campus briefs
Founder’s week activities kick off with opening ceremony, breakfast Grambling State University will host its annual Founder’s Week activities with some traditional events on Sept. 24 and Sept. 25. The opening ceremony will kick off at 7:30 a.m. on Monday as President Frank G. Pogue and Grambling Mayor Edward […]
A Student Perspective
Grambling, ole Grambling, We love thee dear ole Grambling. I hear these words so often, that I begin to question the university. We the students of Grambling State University love our school so dear, but does the university truly love us in return? To answer the question, one must […]