The Gramblinite
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Elizabeth Scott Dawson Funeral services were held for Elizabeth Scott Dawson Saturday, May 30 at the South Parkway Worship Center is Ruston. She passed away Sunday, May 24. Elizabeth the third of 10 children, was born to Julia Scott Jackson and Jimmie Scott January 18, 1931 in Grambling. “Liz,” […]
Favrot Student Union Board ends Summer I, kicks off Summer II The Favrot Student Union Board has two planned Summer I activities left for GSU students to enjoy. The activities include a Movie Night at 6 p.m. in the movie theater and kick ball set for Wednesday, June 17 at […]
Around 300 high school football players from Louisiana and surrounding states participated in summer camps. In June, the Grambling State Tigers held three one-day football camps throughout the state of Louisiana. “We had a magnificent turnout,” said Director of Football Operations Ricky Jackson. “After a great showing like this, we […]
GLENN LEWIS/The Yearbook The newest members of the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame are: (front) Bunny Hudson; (standing, from left) Ben Williams, Goldie Sellers, Evette Willis (representing her father J. D. Garrett), Howard Davis, Alice Jackson, Clarence Harris, Walter Dean, Nelson Jones (representing father Albany Jones), Charlie Anderson Jr. […]
Nasir Ahmed The American dream is becoming difficult to achieve, if you are not born rich. A country, where anyone can be anything, looks like a dying dream. The income and wealth inequality is so stacked against the average person, the talented kids are not coming from the average background […]
The Grambling State University student chapter of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice will receive the 2015 Presidential Citation at the 42nd Annual Conference and Training Institute. The award will be presented during the July 19-23 National conference in Phoenix. The Grambling State University NABCJ Student Chapter has […]
Seven Grambling State University history majors, along with three faculty members, toured Europe. Courtesy photo GSU students in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The students are members of the Carter G. Woodson History Club who were enrolled in the 20th Century Europe class taught by Dr. Roshunda Belton, […]
Starting Friday, July 17, until Sunday, July 19, over 100 descendants of Isabella (Granny) will Courtesy photo Members of the May family reminisce during the 2012 reunion held in the Mt. Olive Community. converge on the May Family Pavilion to celebrate their heritage. The pavilion is in the Mt. […]
Registered dietitian nutritionist Evelyn F. Crayton, professor emeritus at Auburn University, began her one-year term on June 1 as the president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. Crayton, of Montgomery, Ala., and a native of Jones, La., is the 90th […]
The Grambling Branch of the NAACP recently held its annual Freedom Fund Banquet in the Black and Gold Room on the campus of Grambling State University. Rep. Patrick Jefferson was at his best and brought the audience to their feet for a standing ovation at the close of his presentation […]