By Angelita Faller Grambling State University Football Coach Broderick Fobbs was honored at a Shreveport breakfast, which celebrated his naming as the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Coach of the Year and began a fundraising campaign to raise money for the university in light of the large cuts the university is facing in the 2015-2016 Louisiana… Continue reading GSU Football Coach Starts Fundraising Campaign in Shreveport

UPDATE! 02/26/2015 – The university will be open on Friday, Feb. 27. UPDATE! 02/25/2015 – Due to the continued threat of Inclement Weather, Grambling State University will be closed tomorrow, Thursday February 26th UPDATE! 02/24/2015 – Due to the continued threat of Inclement Weather, Grambling State University will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday February 25th UPDATE!… Continue reading Weather Alert!

  Student team will challenge the best and brightest HBCU students Grambling, LA – Completing a hard-fought journey that began in the fall, the team representing Grambling State Univ. has qualified to compete at the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament to be held March 21-25 in Torrance, California. Now in its 26th… Continue reading Grambling Qualifies to Compete at Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Nationals in California

Derrick Young, Jr. was recently selected to be highlighted along with 2 other students for their leadership roles with the Pro-Israel UNIFY project by The Israel Campus Coalition. The Israel Campus Coalition created a short video of the 3 students who attend Northwestern, Princeton and Grambling State Universities respectively. The video demonstrates their campus initiatives… Continue reading Young, Member of Honors College demonstrates Scholarship, Leadership, and Comradeship

By Angelita Faller Most people would consider a one-time donation of a rare African art collection to their alma mater to be more than generous. For Grambling State University alumni Ira Wayne McConnell, this is his second time around. Ira Wayne, who is a managing partner for the Houston-based accounting and consulting firm McConnell &… Continue reading GSU Alumnus Donates Second African Art Collection to University

Members of the Grambling State University Academic Quiz Bowl Team defeated Prairie View A&M University to win the regional Honda Campus All-Star Challenge on January 31. Grambling will compete in nationals March 21-25 in Torrance, Calif. Team members, from L to R, are: Jharrayne McKnight, Bello Ahmadou, Dave Fields, John Carter, Whitney Gaston-Loyd and Jasmine… Continue reading Grambling State University Quiz Bowl Team Headed to Nationals!

  By Angelita Faller Grambling State University is doing its part to make the planet a little greener, replacing one trash bin at a time in a new campus-wide recycling initiative. Grambling will soon be the home of 12 recycling bins by the beginning of March. An additional eight green recycling bins will join the… Continue reading Grambling State University to Expand Recycling Program

  Sontus Mitchell, a deputy with the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department, does not think he did anything to warrant receiving a special honor, but he is grateful for the community’s support. “Everybody knows I go out there and do my job in good faith. I guess when I go out there with a bullet-proof vest… Continue reading Grambling State University Alumni Named Law Enforcement Officer of the Year

  Grambling State University will honor 10 recipients at the fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Awards Luncheon on February 5. This year’s winners include the youngest mayor in Louisiana’s history, a former professional football player turned teacher and coach, a renowned artist and several leaders in education and non-profit organizations at the… Continue reading Grambling State University Announces 2015 MLK Distinguished Leadership Award Recipients

  By Angelita Faller Grambling State University alumni Dean Jones, a senior delivery manager at Microsoft, tells college students how to market themselves using social media. The most important advice Dean Jones, a senior delivery manager at Microsoft Corporation, tells young college students looking for a job is to be aware of the competition that… Continue reading Microsoft Executive Teaches Students the Dos and Do Nots of Social Media Marketing