Chris GilmerDr. Chris GilmerOpinionWe Are All the Accumulation of the Dreams of GenerationsWhy, I ask, as a society can we not lift up our children together when there is more than enough to sustain and to nurture all of them? Why must only some of them enjoy the promise and the bounty of the American dream?February 18, 2025OpinionCoping with the Silence of My FriendsDo not tell me you love me and turn a blind eye to the attempted annihilation of my family, and do not assume that I will go down easily, if at all. Would you not do whatever is necessary to protect your family?November 25, 2024OpinionShould 25 Years Feel Like Forever or Only Yesterday?In 2024, I celebrate an anniversary that is special to me, 25 years of close affiliation with America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).January 9, 2024African-AmericanA Letter to George FloydI do not know at a biological or emotional level what it is like to be Black. White privilege was my birthright. Poverty, and homosexuality, and a propensity toward obesity were equally my birthright, and I have experienced prejudice for all of those reasons. Still, I do not pretend to know what it feels like to be racially profiled or to know that my ancestors were violently separated from their homeland and brought in chains to serve people whose race is the same as mine.June 2, 2020StudentsYou Are Worthy of Your Dreams“You are worthy of your dreams.” This is my unchanging message to my students as their president, never more important than during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.April 14, 2020Page 1 of 1
