[Dallas, TX. – August 7th, 2014] The Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic, the annual football game between Prairie View A&M University and Grambling State University, is poised to stay at the Cotton Bowl through 2025. The city pays each school $75,000 a year to participate in the game, which is played during the State Fair […]
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An upgrade for Grambling State athletics
Renovations will take place at Grambling State University for its intramural and natatorium building. The university has received approval to proceed with the $7 million cost of the renovations. Conditions of the university’s locker rooms and training facilities were brought to national attention when members of the football team boycotted practice and refused to travel […]
Grambling sets the record straight: family in the Guinness Book of Records
The Wayne Family of Marion, La. has been accepted into the Guinness Book of Records. The family has the most graduates from a single university with 86 family members that attended Gramling State University. 52 members graduated from Grambling, but due to some missing and/or lost documentation, Guinness accepted 40 graduates. The graduates, spanning the years […]
Allstate and the Tom Joyner Foundation to Award Scholarships to Grambling State as part of Quotes for Education Program
Event to Celebrate $50,000 Scholarship Award Presentation to Grambling University DALLAS, February 4, 2014 – Allstate Insurance Company and the Tom Joyner Foundation will be presenting a check for $50,000 to Grambling State University as part of the annual Allstate Quotes for Education program, designed to help raise money for Historically Black Colleges and Universities […]
Grambling alumna donates $10,000 during Homecoming
“the true measure of a proud university is its legacy” Audrey Gilbreath made this remark during a Homecoming alumni event where she presented the check. This 1979 alumna presented the check to the university foundation. Gilbreath is a strong advocate of encouraging alumni and students to give back. Courtesy thenewsstar.com
Say cheese! A scholarship fundraiser in support of Grambling
The Collie J. Nicholson Chapter of the Grambling University National Alumni Associaiton will host a Wine & Cheese Scholarship Fundraiser on Sunday, November 17, 2013 from 4-8 pm in Dallas, TX. The fundraiser will benefit the Collie J. Nicholson chapter scholarship fund. View the flyer below for more details.