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Grambling State University is a historically black, public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana, United States. The university is the home of late head football coach Eddie Robinson, and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. GSU offers nearly 70... undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as certifications in five colleges and schools: College of Business, College of Education; College of Arts & Sciences, College of Professional Studies, and, School of Graduate Studies & Research. The College of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, offering programs in accounting, marketing, management, economics, and computer information systems. The College of Education is the oldest college at GSU. The programs offered prepare students for employment in preschool through 12th grade, as well as higher education if desired. GSU is the only university in the nation which offers a doctorate in developmental education. The College of Arts & Sciences consists of 14 academic departments, offering both associate degree programs, as well as bachelor degree programs.
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Zachary is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,275 at the 2000 census. Zachary was named for a local farmer who owned the land that became the present city of Zachary. The first post office opened in... 1885, and it was incorporated as a city in 1889. The first census in 1914 reported just 419 residents. By 1980, there were 7,525 residents, in 2000 there were 11,275 residents. Zachary was the first city in Louisiana to elect a Republican as mayor in 20th-century Louisiana. Jack Louis Breaux, Sr., served as a part-time mayor from 1966–1978, and a full-time mayor under a home-rule charter from 1978 until his death of a brain tumor on January 26, 1980. Zachary is located at 30°39′18″N 91°9′24″W / 30.655°N 91.15667°W / 30.655; -91.15667 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.8 square miles , of which, 23.7 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,275 people, 3,836 households, and 3,064 families residing in the city.
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