Students Jasmine Franklin and Lindsey Johnson Chosen For Coca-Cola UNITED’s Annual ‘Pay It Forward’ Internship

HBCU students chosen to experience a training intensive with Coca-Cola will receive a $1,000 school stipend NEW ORLEANS, LA – September 1, 2020 –Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED is gearing up for the 2020 edition of the companywide “Pay It Forward” program, which aims to provide African-American youth with opportunities to celebrate students’ achievements and further… Continue reading Students Jasmine Franklin and Lindsey Johnson Chosen For Coca-Cola UNITED’s Annual ‘Pay It Forward’ Internship

GSU Faculty Awarded $92,919 NEH Grant for Digital Humanities Program

GRAMBLING, La – May 26, 2020 – The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded a $92,919 grant to Grambling State University faculty from the Departments of English and History as part of a three-year innovative curricular initiative for a program in the Digital Humanities. Co-directors Dr. James Clawson and Dr. Edward Holt, along with… Continue reading GSU Faculty Awarded $92,919 NEH Grant for Digital Humanities Program

Grambling State Wins Gold HBCUgrow LEAD Awards for Best Leadership and Innovation

President Gallot and University Honored by Peer Institutions for Excellence in 5 Categories GRAMBLING, La – April 8, 2020 – Grambling State University received Gold Awards for Best Leadership and LEAD Innovation for a total of five award wins in different categories:  Best LeadershipGold AwardPresident Rick Gallot, Grambling State University LEAD InnovationGold AwardGrambling State University LEAD Military-FriendlySilver… Continue reading Grambling State Wins Gold HBCUgrow LEAD Awards for Best Leadership and Innovation

Grambling State Advances to National Qualifying Tournament of 31st Annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

Voting Site Open Now Through February 10 for HBCU Student Academic Challenge Grambling State will compete in the National Qualifying Tournament of the 31st annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America’s premier academic competition for top HBCU students. The fast-paced buzzer competition highlights students’ academic prowess and ability to answer questions about history, science, literature, religion, the arts… Continue reading Grambling State Advances to National Qualifying Tournament of 31st Annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

Three-Time SWAC Champion, Coach Wilbert Ellis, to Keynote Eddie G. Robinson Lecture Series

100th Birthday Celebration Continues with Convocation Today at 11 a.m.  GRAMBLING, La.  – November 11, 2019 – Grambling’s own legendary baseball coach, Wilbert Ellis, will keynote the Fourth Annual Edward G. Robinson Leadership Lecture Series on November 12 in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center at 11 a.m. Coach Ellis is a Grambling State Baseball… Continue reading Three-Time SWAC Champion, Coach Wilbert Ellis, to Keynote Eddie G. Robinson Lecture Series

Tech Tour Scholarship Winner Advances to Finals in $3,000 Business Model Competition

Grambling State Students to Compete for Start-Up Business Opportunity at Golden Pitch Finale  GRAMBLING, LA — November 5, 2019 – Destney Johnson, freshmen recipient of the Grambling State Tech Tour Scholarship, is among those advancing to the finals in the campus-wide business model competition, The Golden Pitch. Campus and community are invited to RSVP to… Continue reading Tech Tour Scholarship Winner Advances to Finals in $3,000 Business Model Competition

Grambling State Receives Designation for a Center of Academic Excellence in Mathematical Achievement for Science and Technology

  GRAMBLING, La – October 31, 2019 – Grambling State University receives recognition by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors and the Louisiana Board of Regents for a Center of Academic Excellence in Mathematical Achievement for Science and Technology (CeMAST).

Drew Brees-Autographed Football Among Prizes for Grambling State Event Guests

Bayou Classic Kicks Ball to Feature Silent Auction with Online Bidding Through Qtego GRAMBLING, La – October 28, 2019 – Today, Grambling State University released a partial list of prizes available to guests of the Inaugural Presidents Bayou Classic Kicks Ball at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans on Friday, November 29, 2019 at… Continue reading Drew Brees-Autographed Football Among Prizes for Grambling State Event Guests

Grambling State Chosen as a Finalist in the 2020 Honda Battle of the Bands

World Famed Band Wins $20,000 Music Education Grant and Advances to Top Eight Competition GRAMBLING, La – October 28, 2019 – Grambling State’s World Famed Tiger Marching Band has been selected as a top eight finalist in the Honda Battle of the Bands. In addition to bringing home a $20,000 grant for the University’s music… Continue reading Grambling State Chosen as a Finalist in the 2020 Honda Battle of the Bands

Grambling State Competes for Honda Battle of the Bands, Voting Open

Online Voting Open September 30 to October 12, for GSU World-Famed Tiger Band Fans GRAMBLING, LA – October 1, 2019 – Today, Grambling State University announced that it’s 93-year old World-Famed Tiger Marching Band will compete in the first round of the 2020 Honda Battle of the Band Competition. To make it to round two,… Continue reading Grambling State Competes for Honda Battle of the Bands, Voting Open