The Gramblinite
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Normally for hurricanes my family would just have hurricane parties. My whole family would gather up-town at my grandmother’s house and ride the hurricane out. School days off and fun with my cousins are what a hurricane meant to me. I didn’t feel the urgency that my family needed to […]
Moving off campus and searching for a place to stay can be a difficult task for students in the Ruston/Grambling area. There are difficult choices to be made, from having a roommate or wanting to stay alone. From there, students must decide on buying furniture or obtaining a place already […]
The Grambling High Foundation held their 1st Annual Visions of Excellence Gala at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center on Saturday, May 23, 2015. The event featured Johnny C. Taylor Jr. as the keynote speaker with Jennifer Holiday, Mary Griffin and the Orchesis Dance Company providing the entertainment for […]
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,” […]
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 […]
Last weekend the annual Grambling University National Alumni Association (GUNAA) Convention came home. With a four-day agenda and a new president elected, many alumni came to represent the theme: “We Are Grambling!” Those Tigers that roared into town came ready to work, plan and enjoy those not seen in a […]