Although Homecoming festivities were overshadowed by violence and questions of safety on campus, many are still reporting they were happy to be able to engage in the events held through the week.

Students are reaching out to the broader Grambling State University community after a pair of shootings brought the school's first homecoming since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to an early end. Viontre Petty, a student, created a post on Twitter to encourage students to speak up and help prevent such incidents from reoccurring. “The student body has to take it upon ourselves to rectify the situation in cooperation with administration and GSUPD.

Staff Sergeant James Trujillo said vaccines are still widely available on Grambling State University’s campus adn that students may be eligible for a $100 incentive program. He is in charge of the Region 8 testing for the National Guard. As commander Trujillo coordinates with Grambling staff to set up the sight whether it be testing and/or vaccines. The vaccination sites are broken up into a total of nine regions across the state of Louisiana.