Press Releases

News

Below is a listing of what's happening at Grambling State University. We'd love to hear from you! If you know of GSU news happening, or if you have a suggestion/request please send an email to mediarelations@gram.edu. Please visit this page often to keep up with what's happening at Grambling State University. Thank you.

Press Releases for 2009

June

Free Transportation Service for Students

Summer Session I Bus Shuttle Schedule

Funeral services for former GSU computer science professor set for Friday
Funeral services for Mr. Julius D. Penn, the influential former Director of the Grambling State University Information Resource Center and a GSU professor, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 5, at Gasch's Funeral Home in Hyattsville, Md. (more)

Temporary alternative serving site for McCall Dining Hall announced
Beginning Monday, ARAMARK’S dining service at McCall Dining Hall will temporarily relocate to Grambling Laboratory High School’s Cafeteria for approximately six weeks as renovations occur at McCall. (more)

May

April

Grambling State University has state economic impact of $264 million
Grambling State University has an annual economic impact of $264 million and an $8 return for every dollar of state investment, including $50 million from spending by faculty and staff, and $71 million for student expenditures. (more)

GSU Department of Theatre Arts to present One Act Festival
The Theatre Department at Grambling State University will present the One Act Festival at 7 p.m., Monday through Wednesday in the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre. (more)

Career Fair set for Friday at Student Union
The Grambling State University Spring Teachers’ and Education Professionals Career Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday in the Black and Gold Room of the Favrot Student Union.(more)

GSU shuttle service now underway
A new shuttle offered by the GSU Student Government Association’s Division of Transportation Services now provides round-trip service to Ruston for Grambling State University students. (more)

Dobbins receives $400,000 five-year CAREER grant GSU-Tech joint professor enhances working relationship
Dr. Tabbetha Dobbins is a fairly busy assistant professor, but her research and teaching success has not gone unnoticed. This joint physics faculty member at Louisiana Tech and Grambling State has brought these two universities together to celebrate her most recent achievement - a coveted National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. (more)

GSU President Judson honored by Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Grambling State University President Horace A. Judson was presented the 2009 Presidential Leadership Award by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) at the 10th Annual Member Universities Professional Institute & Exhibition in New Orleans. (more)

Grambling education professor wins prestigious award from NAFEO
Dr. Loretta Walton Jaggers, professor of education at Grambling State University, is one of seven outstanding faculty of historically or predominantly black colleges and universities (HBCUs) recently honored as NAFEO NOBLE prize awardees at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education’s 35th National Dialogue (more)

GSU physics professor earns prestigious award
Naidu V. Seetala, Edward Bouchet Endowed Professor of Physics at Grambling State University, has received the 2009 Distinguished Faculty Award from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). (more)

GSU criminal justice professor wins Governor's Award
Marianne Fisher-Giorlando, a criminal justice professor at Grambling State University, has received the Governor's Award of Excellence in honor of the more than 20 years she has dedicated to rehabilitation work involving Louisiana inmates. (more)

March

February

Basketball teams, GSU have big weekend in store
Grambling State University basketball fans have a big weekend in store, as both the men’s and women’s teams will host Prairie View A&M on Saturday and then take on Texas Southern on Monday – a game that will be nationally televised on ESPNU. (more)

Grambling State University Concert Choir to perform in Washington, D.C.
The Grambling State University Concert Choir has been invited to Washington, D.C. to perform at several venues in honor of Black History Month, including at the historic Tacoma Park Baptist Church and Shiloh Baptist Church. (more)

Guest Artist, Charles Huntley Nelson, Jr., at GSU
The artwork of Charles H. Nelson, Jr., an assistant professor of art at Morehouse College, is now on display at Grambling State University’s Dunbar Art Gallery through March 5. (more)

College of Education readies for 3rd annual Research Symposium
Dr. Lisa Delpit, noted scholar and executive director of the Center for Urban Education and Innovation at Florida International University, will be the keynote speaker at the College of Education’s 3rd Annual Research Symposium March 26-27, 2009 at the Favrot Student Union.(more)

Income tax preparation assistance available at GSU
If you need help completing your income taxes free of charge, help is available for qualified taxpayers at Grambling State University every Saturday through the end of tax season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Jacob T. Stewart Hall, Room 262. (more)

Grambling State University Theatre presents Shakespeare’s Othello

The Theatre Department at Grambling State University is pleased to announce its production of Othello by William Shakespeare at 7 p.m. today through Saturday at the GSU Theatre. Admission is $2 for students and $5 for general public. For more information, please call 318 274-2201. (more)

Black History Month events scheduled
Grambling State University has scheduled a host of events to celebrate Black History month, including a roundtable discussion at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Grambling Hall Auditorium, special programming on KGRM 91.5 FM and a poetry workshop. (more)

January

Spotlight Articles & News Coverage for 2009

Dominican students graduate with honours
From dominicanewsonline.com
Ten Dominican students have graduated with honours, from the Grambling State University in Louisiana.
The students were among the group who, with the assistance of the Government of Dominica, secured scholarships to attend the institution. During the three and a half years at Grambling State University, all of the graduates maintained exceptional GPAs and remained fixtures on the President’s List.

Valda Blackmoore, Melicia Etienne, Marisca Joseph, Brandon Rodney, Vaughn Royer, Kamesha Brumant, Kassandra Robert, Claudia Walter, Nikala Bazil and Vanessa Younis were all Bachelor of Science degree recipients. Click here to read more
Swine Flu Information
Economic Impact Study Report
Early Orientation - Visit Us Program
Office of Institutional Advancement announces A Seat Of Honor, a seat-naming campaign
The Office of Institutional Advancement announces A Seat Of Honor, a seat-naming campaign to faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, students and friends for the new Performing Arts Center. (more)

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