Grambling to receive $50K scholarship donation from Allstate

GRAMBLING, Louisiana  -- Grambling State University was selected to receive a $50,000 scholarship from Allstate thanks to its supporters who voted during the Allstate/Tom Joyner Foundation ‘Show Your School Pride’ Competition.

The program was established to support students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. More than 100 colleges and universities competed for the top prize.

When Grambling dismissed for the Christmas holidays, President Frank Pogue said Grambling was trailing in the competition to Lincoln University of Missouri by more than 2,000 votes. He assumed Lincoln would take home the scholarship funding, but Friday morning he received word Grambling supporters rallied to put the university in first place.

“After the year we had last year it was great to get such wonderful news first thing this morning. What a way to start the new year,” Pogue said. “There’s been a lot of excitement around here. No one needs scholarship money more than our students since we have about 90 percent of our student body on some form of federal or state financial aid. I could start every day off feeling this way.”

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