T.H. Harris Auditorium was nearly full Sunday with open hearts and ears ready to enjoy the gospel performances that night. As attendees walked into the free event, they were greeted with inspirational music until the host and hostess were ready to get the show started. Hostess Kelsey Kyser, a 26-year-old […]
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Thrills and chills lead the way to less than scary costume party
Students are still talking about this year’s Haunted House and Costume Party combination. Students were encouraged to pass through the haunted house to get to the costume party. The air was thick with anxious chatter and nervous laughter, and the line to get into the fearfest stretched the length […]
Longtime registrar remembers Adams, early Grambling
The woman who would later be highly esteemed left Grambling in the same place she started. Ruby Weekly Billups, who is from Vidalia, attended Grambling College in 1947 and graduated with an elementary education degree in 1951. Billups was a student worker for the registrar’s office for four years. After […]
Founder’s Sports
Over the late Eddie G. Robinson’s 57 seasons at Grambling, he won 408 college football games, the most games ever among Division I coaches, and sent over 200 players to the National Football League, including the only Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams. As a result, he became the most […]
Experiencing Founder’s Day for first time
My first convocation as a Grambling State University student was a Founder’s Day Convocation and it was sure enough a true blessing and a wonderful experience for me. As a freshman I joined the GSU choir, and the Charles P. Adams Founder’s Day Convocation was my first performance with […]
Celebrating 112 Years of Tradition, Service And Excellence
Standing 6 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 300 pounds, he had the voice of a tiger. Charles P. Adams was a force of nature who sometimes scared some faculty and students. As the first Grambling State University president, he contributed life, love, and history to the campus and Louisiana. […]
Early morning start at Charles P. Adam’s bust
Grambling State University President Frank G. Pogue and Grambling Mayor Edward R. Jones signed an official proclamation recognizing university founder Charles P. Adams at a bust of Adams adjacent to Lee Hall. “After 112 years, the opportunity to pause and show respect to our founder is extremely important,” said Pogue, […]
A look through Grambling sports history
Annual breakfast brings GSU Community together
Grambling Mayor Edward Jones thinks he’s attended nearly all of the Grambling State University Founder’s Week community breakfasts. Jasmine Hill attended her first. The annual Founder’s Week Fellowship Breakfast was held in the Black and Gold Room at the Favrot Student Union on Monday morning. “I’ve been here practically every […]
Dr. Jimmy McJamerson stood for something
H e stood his ground. However … Oscar Epps and others who knew him called it stubbornness. “His stubbornness is what was unique about him,” said Epps, an Omega Psi Phi fraternity brother and close friend. “In terms of discussions we would have, we both would say we were right […]