President's Corner

  Today, I feel like “fussing” while standing on my soapbox. I feel compelled to remind everyone that Grambling State University is a serious place, where learning and scholarship is and always should be everyone’s top priority. Yet,

  By Willie D. Larkin, Ph.D. President Dear friends, colleagues, faculty, students, community and alumni, As I reflect, deeply, on the many opportunities and challenges our venerable institution has endured over the past 114 years, I

The top artist in the Grambling State University 2015 Student Exhibition is Jared Monroe for his painting, “To Whom It May Concern.” The exhibition, which is sponsored by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, is

Frances Staten, a professor of sociology and psychology, is leading a series of service-learning classes to preserve local African-American cemeteries. Sadly, the cemeteries that house the memories of the past are often forgotten. Without proper maintenance,

A 2013 graduate of Grambling State University has been chosen as one of six Reuters-National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Fellows. Justin Madden is currently the digital breaking news reporter at the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper in

Grambling State University hosted more than 2,200 future Tigers from 32 schools for High School Day on Oct. 10, a significant increase over the 900 students who participated in 2014. The day’s theme was “A Carnival

Diseree Smith, a 2007 graduate of Grambling State University, has finally accomplished her childhood goal of becoming an author, as she published her first book entitled “Beautiful Like a Flower.” “Becoming an author was always a

Kyla Nelson will always remember Sister Felicia Williams, her youth pastor from Mesquite, Texas, who passed away from breast cancer last year, as a source of inspiration. “I really miss her, and I am still thinking

  Office of the President On Saturday, October 10, 2015, I received an early birthday present by welcoming 2,200 incredible students to High School Day at Grambling State University. The event was a mind-blowing experience to

  By Willie D. Larkin, Ph.D. President Our venerable institution is alive, strong and doing well, and we will continue to grow stronger in the days to come. Ignore those who speak ill of Grambling State