Grambling News

Labor leader SHREVEPORT Services are pending for labor leader and civil rights activist Roosevelt Smalley.

Grambling State University will again host the LA GEAR UP summer learning camps with week I which July 8-14. Week II activities will be held from July 15-21. The focus of the LA GEAR UP camps is to help students develop and enhance academic and leadership skills needed to promote success in planning and completing their post secondary education.

Imagine that guy deciding that, for the good of the community, he wanted to do something big, something that would have lasting impact.

The University of Louisiana System board has called an emergency meeting for Monday to develop strategies to address the state's budget bill, which passed out of the Louisiana House of Representatives with no one-time or rainy-day funding to fill in the gaps.

Thousands of students across northeastern Louisiana received their university diplomas this weekend, and although they may have been wearing similar robes, every one of them has a unique story.

Walker, 29, said she hopes her hard work and determination to graduate from college will inspire her children and other single mothers to do the same, no matter the challenges.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe may be headed for leaner days if the state House version of a budget that cuts about $277 million from higher education passes.

Dr. Cynthia Jackson Hammond, a graduate of both the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Grambling State University, has been named president of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

GRAMBLING, La. - Students turning the tassel later this month at Grambling State University will be able to hear from a national news commentator.

The following arrests were made by Minden police the week of April 23 through April 29.