This week will be a cause for celebration and remembrance as Grambling State University holds its Fall 2021 commencement exercises December 15-17. Unique to this semester’s ceremonies is the awarding of a posthumous degree to the late Natalie Desselle Reid on December 16 and the late Jamarcea Washington on December 17.
Scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. each day, the events will be held in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center and streamed live on Grambling State’s YouTube channel.
A native of Alexandria, Louisiana, actress Natalie Desselle Reid graduated from Peabody Magnet High School and attended Grambling State University for 2 1/2 years. The acting bug bit her after a starring role in Grambling State’s production of “Bubbling Brown Sugar.”
Her break came when Robi Reed cast her in F. Gary Gray’s “Set It Off” which led to a guest-starring role on television’s “Family Matters.” After her initial foray into Hollywood,
