With the sun shining and the birds singing, it can mean only one thing, that summer is well on its way.But if that leaves you dreading to bare your flesh in shorts and skirts especially after the memorial day weekend of overindulgence – then what better way to kick start […]
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‘In it to win it’- the Biggest Loser
Fitness and weight loss exercising will never be the same at Grambling State University. The Department of Residential Life, in collaboration with Terry Lily is hosting what is now the talk-of-the-campus, Biggest Losers GSU edition. The program is inspired from NBC’s reality series Biggest Losers, in which 12 contestants struggle […]
Student’s superior work gets awarded
Grambling State University’s Department of English held its 3rd Annual Awards Ceremony program. Students were awarded and recognized and for their academic excellence and creativity.The program began with a song from student Michael Jackson, greetings by administrative assistant Karla Williams and an invocation from Dr. David Hodges, a member of […]
Grambling grad finds his calling
A teacher once told Patrick Patrong he would never amount to anything. That moment marked the beginning of his long-running dissatisfaction with traditional academia.But an impromptu juggling act at a conference breakfast table more than 20 years later convinced him there were other, more effective ways to learn. Today, with […]
Roland Martin encourages graduates
Roland Martin, a commentator for TV One and host of the Sunday morning news show Washington Watch with Roland Martin and a CNN contributor, served as Grambling State University commencement speaker during the school’s 2011 Spring ceremony. He told Grambling State University’s spring class of 2011 to not let people […]
Community Worship Center holds GSU Day
Recently Ruston’s Campus Community Worship Center (CCWC) celebrated GSU Day. Grambling State University students, alumni, administrators, faculty, staff and supporters were a part of this event. Dr. Frank Pogue, president of Grambling State University served as guest speaker. GSU professor Dr. Glenda Island, the coordinator of this celebration, used the […]
A GSU reflection
Funeral services for Grambling State University junior Reginald “Rody” Lucas, 21, will be held Saturday, June 18 in New Orleans.A Candle light vigil was held in front of the dormority 800 on Sunday in the memory of Lucas. Lucas was shot while stopped at a traffic light in Harvey, a […]
GSU gets $110, 583 LA GEAR UP Grant
Grambling State University will again host the LA GEAR UP (Louisiana Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Summer Learning Camps starting with Week I which will be held during July 10 thru 16 . Week II activities will be held from July 24 thru July 30. The focus […]
City of Grambling celebrates Juneteenth
The city of Grambling will kick off its annual Juneteenth activities on Wednesday, June 15. There will be a “Raising of the Flag ceremony” and Watermelon Eating at 5:30 p.m. at the City Park.There will be a health and wellness fair from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., June 16, in […]
The life of Brad Young remembered
#8220;Brad loved football, but he made sure he got his grades. He understood he was wonderfully and purposefully made. He was loved by his Grambling High family, especially the girls” she said.She told Clair that she was a good mother and said, “We have to turn this over to God […]