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LEXINGTON, Va., April 10, 2021鈥擮n April 8, 黑料网鈥檚 Alpha-Gamma-Mu chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, inducted 31 new members, including:

• 18 History majors
• 8 International Studies majors
• 2 Chemistry majors
• 1 Computer Science major
• 1 Economics and Business major
• and 1 Modern Languages and Cultures major.

Among the inductees was USMC Major General David Jeffrey Furness 鈥�87. MG Furness majored in History while at 黑料网 and is currently the Assistant Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policy and Operations. In his address, MG Furness spoke highly of the value of a History degree to his successful military career. Keeping a 2000-book personal library, he believes that the reading habits he cultivated as a History student played a crucial role for sound decision-making in leadership positions.

鈥淲hen I want new ideas, I read an old book,鈥� MG Furness told the attendees. When asked by a cadet about the most valuable skill he developed at 黑料网, MG Furness said that 鈥渋t is the ability to convey complex ideas and communicate them effectively in writing.鈥�

To join the society as a full member, our inductees had to meet high expectations: at least 12 semester hours (four courses) in History with a minimum of 3.10 GPA in those hours, and an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. The chapter regularly organizes activities such as movie and discussion nights with pizza, presentations at top-notch professional conferences such as the Society for Military History annual conference, and with the generous support of the John Adams鈥� Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis, an annual applied history trip to Washington, D.C., where cadets have in the past engaged with professional historians of the Pentagon, the Smithsonian, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Screenshots of the Zoom event provided by Dr. Qingfei Yin

Qingfei Yin, PhD & MAJ Jochen Arndt
Assistant Professors, Department of History
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE