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Quick Read
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Campus briefs
Teacher/Graduate School Fair
to be held on campus April 4
CONTACT: [email protected]
Women’s History Month
April 4 is the date that school districts will be on campus
looking to hire prospective graduates to teach.
The event is the Teacher Educational/Graduate School
Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Black and Gold Room in
Favrot Student Union.
The Office of Career Services has announced that more
than 25 school districts will be on hand.
The Fair is open to anyone, not just students.
For more information, call 318-274-2346.
Favrot Student Union Board
to sponsor activities, auditions
The Favrot Student Union Board is releasing its schedule
of activities for the months of March and April.
The annual calendar girl pageant will be held on Tuesday,
March 15 at 7 p.m. in the T.H. Harris Auditorium rather
than Saturday, March 12 because of inclement weather.
If you are interested in being an opening act in the 2016
Tiger Fest concert to be held on April 14 please bring your
CD to office 221 in the Favrot Student Union or mail it to
Grambling State University, Favrot Student Union Board,
403 Main St. – Campus Box 4234, Grambling, LA 71245.
Deadline to submit is March 17. This is open to the public.
However, enrolled students must not have a judicial record
within the past year.
Upcoming events will include voting for student choice
awards until Thursday, March 31. Tiger Fest is scheduled for
April 10-15.
Student Government Association
announces schedule for meetings
The Grambling State University Student Government
Association officials are encouraging students to attend the
monthly general student body meeting. The next general
student body meetings are set March 17 and April 21. All
meetings are held in the Favrot Student Union Theater at 6
p.m.
The meetings are open not only to students, but faculty
and administration as well. For additional information or
concerns contact Jonathan Wallace at 318-303-2927.
The office of Retention releases
student subject tutorial schedule
The Grambling State University Office of Retention has
announced its tutorial schedule for the semester.
Tutorial for biology 103, 104, 113, and 114, for chemistry
111, and for English 101 and 102 will be held through April 29.
For more information For more information or to schedule
a time please contact Jessica Wright at 318-274-2095, Cathy
Douglas at 318-274-2200 and Jeanette Moss at 318-274-6127 or
[email protected], Instagram: @Grambling_Retention also
Twitter: @GSURetention.
Zeta Phi Beta to sponsor event
honoring women on March 19
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Grambling Graduate Chapter
is hosting a “Finer Womanhood Program”, Saturday, March 19
at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lincoln Parish Library, Community
Room in Ruston.
The program honorees are Martha V. Pierce and Emma C.
Wilson, both of Grambling and are Grambling State University
retirees. The guest speaker is interim superintendent of the
Morehouse Parish School Board, Hazel Sellers.
Please reserve your seat by Wednesday, March 16 at [email protected]. Brunch will be served.
Donations will be accepted for the March of Dimes. For
more information contact Shirley Wilson Burns, 318-5963411 or [email protected].
Grambling’s Intramural Center to
offer additional operating hours
The Department of Recreation and Intramural Center is
now operating with new hours. The center open from 6 a.m.
to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
Fridays, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays and closed on Saturdays.
Terry Lilly will teach aerobics from Mondays through
Thursday at 5:15 p.m. (step aerobics) and again at 8 p.m.
(dance aerobics). Yoga will also be held in the center on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. with Capree
Bramel.
Wellness Group sessions to end
Tuesday; another starts March 29
The Student Counseling and Wellness Resource Center
will end its current Wellness Group meetings with “My
Voice, My Decision From This Day Forward” when everyone for the previous sessions will attend.
The next five-week session will begin March 29.
Wellness Group sessions are held every Tuesday from
11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the “Tiger Room” of the Student
Counseling Center. Because space is limited to 12 students
per session, students are encouraged to reserve a spot.
For more information, contact the Student Counseling
Center at 318-274-3277.
Department of Curriculum and
instruction to hold Praxis core
The Grambling State University Department of Curriculum & Instruction will offer the Praxis Core/PLT study
sessions remaining schedule.
The next session is Tuesday, April 26. Writing will be
held on Thursday, April 21. All sessions will be held in
Charles P. Adams Room 216 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
For more information contact Melanie Monroe at (318)
274-3702 or [email protected].
GLENN LEWIS/The Yearbook
Grambling State University President Willie D. Larkin (seated right) and City of Grambling Major Ed Jones sign proclamations
declaring March as Women’s History Month at the university, in the city and in the community. Looking on are members of the
Epsilon Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., which is sponsoring the national observance here. Members
include (L-R) Debra Minnifield, treasurer of the chapter; Annie H. Hamlin, membership chairman; Loretta Gallot-Lee, chairman of
the National Women’s History Committee; Dr. Mildred Gallot, co-chairman of the committee; Gloria Garner committee member; and
Sylvia Crawley, committee member. Theme for the national observance is “Honoring Women in Public Service and Government.”
Football wives group to sponsor ball
STAFF REPORT
The Football Wives group is
extending an invitation to alumni and friends of Gr