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HUSBAND FATHER HIGHER EDUCATION LEADER PONDERER PROBLEM SOLVER STORYTELLER
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive,
and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.*




Sound of the Genuine, Part 2
I just want to share my paraphrasing of what I think is [Thurman's] powerful call for a very deep kind of connection and shared humanity....
g2campbell
May 19, 20243 min read
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Playing the GOAT: the Good & the Ugly
When one of your boys gets to play against the greatest footballer of all time, there is good reason to consider [writing] about it...
g2campbell
May 18, 20243 min read
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Race in Admissions, in Education & in America
The Supreme Court is due to soon issue its decision on the two cases challenging the use of race in admissions in higher education, ...
g2campbell
Jul 1, 20236 min read
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Christmas 2020: The Black Gift Box
The summer of 2020, the world changed, seemingly entirely and instantly. As provost, I called out three themes that were always relevant...
g2campbell
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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From Violence and Trauma to Action
You don’t have to watch …You don’t have to subject yourself to that trauma. It should not require another [violent event]… to understand…
g2campbell
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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My job (in the wake of George Floyd), part 2: So what now?*
...there are other, less discussed areas of work whose importance seems ...apparent in this moment. ...one such area—freedom of emotion.
g2campbell
Feb 5, 20239 min read
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My job (in the wake of George Floyd), part 1*
Recent events have been called a protest over the death of George Floyd. They are indeed that, but to limit ... to just Floyd would be ...
g2campbell
Feb 5, 20236 min read
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Combining realism, urgency, and hope*
is higher education changing in ways that are making a difference for our focus students—Black, Indigenous, ...Latino ...low-income students
g2campbell
Jan 15, 20233 min read
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2023 . A New Year
Some said 2022 was “the year we lost it”—Will Smith slapping Chris Rock being one piece of evidence, albeit a frivolous example,...
g2campbell
Jan 3, 20236 min read
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