The Gramblinite
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Black and gold was in full effect Tuesday as students, faculty and staff flooded the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center, which was soon turned into classroom during the Honors Day Convocation. Educator Dr. Steve Perry served as the keynote speaker, holding no punches and reminding hundreds of honorees on what […]
Saturday night the T.H. Harris Auditorium was filled with students, parents and supporters in attendance to see 24 girls vying for 12 months, but what they witnessed was pageantry marred by controversy. Technical difficulties caused by a computer glitch postponed the results of the 45th Annual Calendar Girl Pageant for […]
Eyeglasses black. Hair gone, leaving a shiny reflection from his shaved head as counterpoint to go along with his youthful goatee, which shows a splash of grey. His eyes red and watery, his voice scratchy and trembling, he says, “I cry in my pillow at night when no one is […]
Nationally renowned educator Dr. Steve Perry will be the keynote speaker at the Grambling State University Honor’s Day Convocation at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Students from spring and fall 2012 semesters who received a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher, will be honored at […]
Students and administrators crowded the Long-Jones Hall lobby last week for the unveiling of the 10th university president portrait. Joining the portrait of university founder Charles P. Adams and the other eight former presidents, current Grambling State University President Frank G. Pogue’s portrait has joined the lineup. Dr. Pogue’s portrait […]
The Chicago Defender, one of the nation’s oldest African-American newspapers, has named Grambling State University alumnus Ronald E. Childs executive editor. In his new position Childs, 53, will oversee the editorial content of the newspaper and its digital platforms. An award-winning journalist, editor and photographer, Childs’ work has appeared in […]
For the first time in the Grambling State University’s history, students had the opportunity to learn vital information about the sports industry from people who work for a National Basketball Association team. The event was the inaugural GSU Sports Leadership Summit, which was held in the Favrot Student Union recently. […]
Improperly addressed mail, unreturned keys, and non-registered mailboxes are doing more harm than good for Grambling State University’s mailroom. Such obstacles has caused the mailroom hours to change. Hours Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. It is closed for processing between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. […]
One of Hollywood’s major studio heads will visit Grambling State University next week. Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios, will talk with students on March 21 about the media industry. “It’s rare that a major Hollywood studio executive visits any HBCU campus to talk with […]
The Earl Lester Cole Honors College continued its lecture seminars with two guest speakers from Grambling State University’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction on Monday. Associate Professor Dr. Elaine Foster, and Dr. Loretta Jaggers enlightened the audience about GSU’s LA GEAR UP program. LA GEAR UP, which stands for Louisiana […]