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• Grambling State University is a public institution of higher learning, offering degrees in undergrad and graduate studies. It is a historically African-american school.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1901
  2. Location: Grambling, Louisiana
  3. President: Dr. Horace A. Judson
  4. Faculty: Approx. 200
  5. Nickname: Tigers
  6. Motto: Where Everybody is Somebody
  7. Acceptance rate: 62%
  8. Weather: Grambling, Louisiana

• History

  Grambling State University opened as the colored industrial and agricultural school on November 1, 1901. The institution was renamed to the North Louisiana agricultural and industrial school in 1905. After several name changes, the institution became Grambling College in 1946, then in 1976 it was finally named Grambling State University to reflect its higher education status. Gram.edu: History

  As of 2008, Grambling has a undergraduate class of approximately 4,754 students and 407 graduate students. The institution also has a faculty of 249 full-time instructors, which gives the university a student to teacher ratio of 20 to 1.Gram.edu: Facts

• Notable Alumni

  • Erykah Badu
  • Willis Reed
  • Doug Williams
  • Natalie Desselle-Reid
  • Ronnie Coleman

• Mission Statement Excerpt

  "Grambling State University is a comprehensive, historically-black, public institution that offers a broad spectrum of undergraduate and graduate programs of study. Through its undergraduate major courses of study, which are undergirded by a traditional liberal arts program, and through its graduate school, which has a decidedly professional focus, the University embraces its founding principle of educational opportunity. With a commitment to the education of minorities in American society, the University seeks to reflect in all of its programs the diversity present in the world. " Gram.edu: Mission Statement

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