The Gramblinite
Friday, June 27, 2025
Grambling State University has undergone many changes in its 114 years with almost as many name switches as there have been changes in philosophy and objectives. File photo A look at Grambing in the 1950's. From the beginning in 1901 until 1912 the institution was private and was known […]
The Grambling State University football team gave Alabama State University some big payback after the Hornets beat the Tigers last season and each of the last four years. The final score was 34-10. The G-Men left the ASU Stadium with their first SWAC win of the season. “I think our […]
The education system has many flaws that are a part of this nation’s downfall. How is it fair to be taught something so young and believe that it is true? It’s only later, if we are lucky, that we find out that everything our elementary schools taught us wasn’t true. […]
Last year Gramblinites had the pleasure of listening to Margarita Anderson, founder and CEO of the Empowerment Experiment. The Empowerment Experiment was a yearlong trial that Anderson and her family went through to honor and stimulate the Black economy. The Andersons partnered with Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management’s […]
My train ride from Charleston, West Virginia, to the Deep South to Grambling was not a calm one. During this era of the 1950s, I recall feeling it was safer living north of the Mason/Dixon Line. Thelma Smith Williams After riding all day Oct. 1, 1956, the train was slowing […]
E’Vonne Gipson is used to seeing her byline in the school newspaper, on websites and even on college awards, but the first time she saw her name printed in a magazine that is distributed nationally and internationally was “incredible.” Courtesy photo E’Vonne Gipson holds a copy of Sheen Magazine […]
ldquo;…So what are we going to do as a people, so that we might be able to navigate and survive these modern day assaults…The truth is we must be more vigilant than we are valuable. Then its another thing to be smart.” The words from a fiery message by the […]
Retired Sergeant First Class (SFC) William J. Rutledge of Grambling was recognized at the Korea-Vietnam Veterans Honors Luncheon held at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport on Friday, Sept. 18. Rutledge was presented the Korea Ambassador for Peace Medal. “It was wonderful; I was met at the front door and […]
As the fall semester begins, Grambling has already started on a rocky road, due to the shortage in teachers the Foreign Language Department. The department lost two instructors this past semester, losing a Spanish teacher to illness and a Spanish instructor to retirement, for a second time. The Foreign […]
Grambling State University will commemorate the 114th anniversary of its founding with a celebration of events beginning Sept. 28. The theme for the 2015 Founder’s Week celebration is “ONE GRAMBLING: Honoring History, Keeping Promises and Fulfilling Dreams.” Alumnus Eddie Martin, senior vice president at Bank of America, will be […]