Hello, Grambling Family! Greetings and Happy New Year to new and returning students! As Miss Grambling State University, I would like to welcome you to the 2010 spring semester as well as to extend a heartfelt welcome to our Interim President Dr. Frank Pogue and his family into our Tiger […]
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Freshman class president welcomes all back to GSU
As we embark upon a new semester of excitement and success, I simply want to greet each and every one of you with abundant salutations. The results and outcomes of last semester’s agendas may have left some of us joyous and some disappointed. However, regardless of the outcome, this is […]
Entering the second decade of the 21st century
As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, the fast moving events are amazing us at one end of the spectrum and alarming us on the other. In America, things are getting unpredictable and uncertain. Everyone is rather confused; even the recognized all-knowing pundits are puzzled. The traditional […]
Pro Bowl to feature top-caliber players
Brokenhearted players who fail to make the Super Bowl have a consolation prize. No, it is not a trip to Honolulu.Since 1980, National Football League players enjoyed taking family and friends off the main land for a small game of camaraderie and just plain fun, but that is no more. […]
A satirical look at Grambling
When I first walked onto Grambling’s campus, I expected a number of things. It was a new experience and I was not prepared. As I stepped onto the yard, I tightened my extra strength bulletproof vest that I had strapped on chokingly tight that morning. I layered clothes over it […]
Walton named provost
Changes in the administration at Grambling State continue. The University of Louisiana System approved the appointment of Dr. Connie Walton as interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs on Jan. 8. Dr. Robert M. Dixon resigned the previous day.Walton had served as the dean of the College of Arts […]
MLK holiday observed
This year Grambling State University’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began with a campus candlelight vesper.Afterwards, those assembled participated in a candlelight procession to the Favrot Student Union Black and Gold Room. As they marched, the group sang the popular hymn “We’ve Come This Far by Faith.”The Favrot […]
Dr. Pogue addresses campus, community
Students, citizens, faculty and staff crowded the Assembly Center for a community meeting with interim president Dr. Frank Pogue during convocation hours today.Dr. Pogue emphasized a cultural shift involving Grambling State University and others invested in the university and its success. He maintained that the university should become and remain […]
Recruitment caravan to stop at GSU next week
The Commission on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Recruitment Caravan is slated to take place on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon in the Black and Gold Room of the Favrot Student Union. During that time representatives from participating Big 10 universities will discuss their graduate and professional programs, summer research internships, […]
Classes raising Haiti relief funds
Dr. Frances Staten has initiated a $1 fundraising project in her sociology/social science classes to benefit Haiti’s earthquake victims. Students have been provided an envelope for their monetary donations and will ask five people on a weekly basis to contribute $1. The intent is to raise more than $1,000 with […]