Happy Black History Month at Grambling State University! We are kicking off February with the 4th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Awards Luncheon on Feb. 5 in the Black and Gold Room at 11:00am. We are honoring community leaders under the following categories: Fannie Lou Hamer Community Service & Leadership Award, Alvin Ailey Arts & Letters Award, and Thurgood Marshall Justice Award. The luncheon speaker will be US Attorney Stephanie Finley, who directs the Western District of Louisiana. Tickets are available at $15.00 and can be purchased by calling (318)274-2217.
February is a busy month for GSU. Numerous activities are scheduled including the Grambling State University Choir Winter Gala scheduled for the evening of Feb. 12, and a Shreveport Leadership Breakfast honoring Coach Broderick Fobbs, the SWAC Football Coach of the Year. We will close the month by participating in the Black College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta on Feb. 28 when GSU Alumnus Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd will be inducted posthumously into the Class of 2015. Ladd, who died in 2007, was a 4-time AFL All Star and played for the San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers, and Kansas City Chiefs.
As we remember and celebrate GSU Alumni during Black History Month, please share your history with your family, neighbors, and friends. More now than ever, the GramFam needs to unite to promote the excellence of Grambling and recruit future generations to this great University.