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Official Newsletter For AcAdemic AffAirs Grambling State University Grambling, Louisiana 2012 - 2013 Fall 2014 admission of first-time freshmen remedial course. A high school student arents should make sure their who scores less than 18 on the English high school student takes advan- subscore of the ACT (or 450 on the SAT tage of dual enrollment course Critical Reading/Verbal) is classified as P opportunities. Dual enrollment allows not ready for college level English. The the high school student to receive high student is categorized as needing a reme- school credit for a course and college dial (developmental) course to address credit for that course as well. The par- deficiencies in skill sets. A student who ent should be strategic in the choice of scores less than 19 on the mathematics course. The high school student should subscore of the ACT (or 460 on SAT take at least a mathematics course and Math) is labeled as not ready for math- an English course. If the student does ematics at the college level. Effective fall not qualify to enroll in a dual enrollment 2014, as mandated in the master plan for college-level mathematics course and/or higher education in Louisiana, Gram- a dual enrollment college-level English bling State University will not be able to course, the student should qualify to en- give regular admission to any first-time roll in a mathematics course and English freshman that needs a single develop- course that is classified as developmental mental/remedial course. To make sure at the college. A high school student that the university can continue to fulfill its completes an English and mathematics founding mission, a proactive plan has college course while in high school will been developed and is being implement- not be classified as needing a develop- Louisiana’s master plan for higher ed. One aspect of this plan involves mental/remedial course and therefore education eliminates the ability of a educating constituents on steps that can eligible for admission to a four-year first-time freshman to be granted ad- be taken to ensure students wanting to university. If a high school student does mission to a four-year university if the attend Grambling State University as a not have the opportunity to enroll in student needs a single developmental/ first-time freshman can be admitted. dual enrollment courses there are other (Continued on back cover) Record number of graduates The 2012/2013 academic year pro- mester exceeded the numbers for any duced the largest number of Grambling December graduation in the history of State University graduates in approxi- the university. During the fall 2012 se- mately fifteen years. Nine hundred sev- mester the university conferred degrees enty-eight (978) degrees were conferred. for four hundred ninety-five (495) grad- A closer examination of the data shows uates. that the graduates for the fall 2012 se- President Pogue with graduating student INSIDE: Student Activities..........................................1 Fort Knox Art & Training Robotics Departmental Activities................................8 p. 2 p. 3 Community Garden.....................................12 1 Newsletter Student Activities Engineering Technology Majors place in Boeing competition against students that represented twelve (12) other universities, including insti- tutions that are classified as majority- research intensive. GSU student team- G-Flight placed second and team First Class placed third in the distance catego- ry of the competition. G-Flight received a cash award of $600 and First Class re- ceived $400. The members of G-Flight were Daron Spence, Sean Lewis, Gavin Richard and Lakeiah Johnson. Team First Class members were Dominique Wilson, Valon McCall, Kentrelle Rolle, and Alante Clark. During the national convention stu- dents had the opportunity to interview for jobs with fortune 500 companies. GSU students participated in 21 job in- terviews. Sean Lewis, Dominique Wil- Last row: Antonio Morrison, Tyrrick Nance, Dion Wilson (vice-president), Christopher Ramsey, Antonio Smith, son, and Alante Clark were selected to Christopher Sanders, Brandon Woods, Demetrius Norman; Second row: David Harbor, Je’marcus Jackson, Valon McCall, Dominique Wilson, Dr. Shueh-JiLee, (faculty advisor), Lakeiah Johnson (secretary), Kentrelle Rolle, Alante’ serve as mentors for NSBE Summer Ex- Clark; First row: Jowin Peters, La’Darrus Brister (treasurer), Gavin Richard, Sean Lewis, Daron Spence (president) periences for Kids. NSBE is a nonprofit organization that Twenty GSU Engineering Technol- competition that was sponsored by Boe- develops programs that target increasing ogy majors, accompanied by two faculty, ing. Competition rules required gliders the participation of under-represented attended the National Society of Black be designed and built that could with- groups in engineering and engineer- Engineers (NSBE) national convention stand a specific payload. Additionally, a ing related disciplines. Grambling State that was held in Indianapolis, Indiana power point presentation had to be given University has had a student chapter of March 27-31st. that addressed the design. GSU had four the National Society of Black Engineers During the convention students had teams to compete in the competition. since 1996. the opportunity to participate in a flight The Grambling teams competed Dr. Frank G. PoGue - President The Gramblinite wins Dr. Connie Walton, Editor Provost Vice President for Academic Affairs national awards The student newspaper, The Gramblin- Justin Madden received 1st and 2nd ite, won several awards during the Soci- place in the General News Reporting Mrs. Joann BroWn Co-editor ety of Professional Journalists Mark of category. Tierra Smith was recognized Ms. lekiCia loyD Technical Support Excellence Conference held April 5-7, with 1st and 3rd place in Sports Writ- Mrs. sanDra a. lee Graphic Artist 2013 on the campus of the University of ing. Jeremy Smith received 1st place in Mississippi. The Gramblinite competed General Column Writing and Danielle To contact us, send emails to with schools that have enrollments of Savage received 3rd place in the same [email protected]. 5,000 to 10,000 students. The Gramb- category. Kevin Keise was awarded 2nd linite took the Best All-around Non-Dai- place in Sports Column Writing. Ciley Apply for admission to ly Student Newspaper award. Carrington was awarded 1st place in Grambling State University Student staff of The Gramblinite re- Sports Photography. online at www.gram.edu ceived several awards at the conference. 2 Newsletter Students present at national conferences Andre Merille tephen Ellis, Andre Merille, and Orlando Elias received a travel award Orlando Elias gave presentations from the conference in support of travel Sat the National Science Founda- to this conference. The Grambling State tion Emerging Researchers National University Louis Stokes- LAMP (Louisi- Conference in STEM (Science, Technol- ana Alliance for Minority Participation) ogy and Engineering & Mathematics) program also provided funding for stu- that was held in Washington, D.C., on dent travel. February 28 - March 2, 2013. Ellis’ pre- Stephen Ellis also presented at the Orlando Elias sentation topic was Stimulating the Cog- 10th International Conference on Information nitive Networks using Cloud to Solve Technology: New Generations that was held Hidden Terminal Problems. Elias’ pre- in Las Vegas on April 15-18, 2013. The sentation was Morphing Using Particle title of his presentation was Modeling System in Computer Graphics. Cognitive Radio Networks for Efficient Merille received first place in the post- Data Transfer Using Cloud Link. er competition for the Positron Life- Stephen Ellis and Orlando Elias are time, Magnetization, and FTIR Studies computer science majors. Andre Merille of Mn/Rare Earth Oxides research he is a mathematics major. Stephen Ellis presented. Cadets attend training at Fort Knox Maxwell Bozeman, A’Miracle Wesley, Shantabious Robinson, Via Batiste, Samara Flowers, Kenisha Butler, Paris McMurray, LeTaira Mayfield; Not pictured are Lisa Jones-Tucker, Shelton Keith, Kadin Gray, Casey Harris, Jeremy Jarrett The Grambling State University Army ing. They are being challenged physically, Science and battalion commander, states ROTC program has thirteen (13) cadets mentally, and emotionally as they engage “I am extremely proud of the perfor- at Ft. Knox, KY, attending the summer in physical training, classroom train- mance and future success of these ca- Leadership Training Course (LTC). This ing, weapons training, and field /tactics dets.” four week course is an accelerated ver- training. For more information regarding the sion of Basic Training. These cadets are Several of these cadets have qualified ROTC program at Grambling State Uni- experiencing the Army first hand and for a two-year scholarship. Lt. Colonel versity please contact Major Christian T. receiving unmatched leadership train- LaDaryl Franklin, professor of Military Griffiths at (318) 274-6245. 3 Newsletter Art and Robotics summer camp During the week of June 3rd, Gram- bling State University hosted a summer camp for kids, ages 7-12 years old. The theme for the camp was Art and Robot- ics. Students participating in the camp used air-dry polymer clay to design unique sculptures. Participants had the opportunity to learn about the history of sculpting and design fundamentals. Art Campers building a robot Campers sculpting majors (Joseph Osborne III & DeJanee Mitchell) and Mrs. Donna McGee (fac- ulty)