were incorporated. New facilities were added to the 384-acre (155-hectare) campus, including a business and computer science building, school of nursing, student services building, stadium, stadium support facility, and an intramural sports center.
In May 1999, President Clinton served as the commencement keynote speaker.
State Representative George B. Holstead of Ruston worked to increase state appropriations for Grambling State University during his legislative tenure from 1964 to 1980.
On December 7, 2010, the Grambling State University Historic District, an area comprising 16 buildings dating from 1939 to 1960, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2019, Grambling broke ground for building of the first digital library on a HBCU campus. The $16.6 million project was completed in 2024.
=== Presidents ===
Charles P. Adams (1901–1936) – first president of the university
Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones
Joseph Benjamin Johnson
Harold W. Lundy
Raymond Hicks
Leonard Haynes III
Steve A. Favors
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