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History Forum
History Forum News
By Bryan Miller, President
With a series of events and strong membership, the History Forum has become one of the more productive clubs on campus during the 2000-2001 academic year. Behind the leadership of the Forum's officers, Bryan Miller, president; David Whitcomb, vice president; Nicole Campanali, secretary, and Melissa Gotham, treasurer, all members participated actively in making these accomplishments possible.
The main objective of the Forum is to promote history as a fun and interesting major and to create a closer relationship between students and their professors. The Forum has succeeded in achieving these objectives through various activities and programs. For example, the Forum brought Robert Divine, a distinguished historian of American foreign policy from the University of Texas at Austin, to campus for a lecture entitled "Rethinking the Persian Gulf War." The event was well attended by students and professors alike. Divine talked about the political and military aspects of the Gulf War and its legacy.
At the end of April six members of the Forum went to Los
Angeles for the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.
This was a wonderful opportunity for those six students (Jill Bruins;
Nicole Campanali; Melissa Gotham; Bryan Miller; Mike Stafford, and Eric
Sterling) to hear lectures by well-known historians from all over the
country and to learn new perspectives and fields of study within history.
In addition to these larger events, the Forum played Trivia Pursuit against
professors and other clubs. Movie nights were another popular event among
students and professors, as we watched films of historical content and
critically analyzed them. The Forum also established a listserv to keep
students informed and provide another opportunity for discussion of issues.
The History Forum has achieved much this past year, and we look forward to continuing our success in the upcoming academic year. All majors are welcome and encouraged to participate. For more information, or to obtain a copy of our brochure, contact the department secretary, Teri Rombaut, at (585) 395-2377, or fax (585) 395-2620.
