-: I took a Middle Eastern history class
that was just phenomenal, where he really taught us
how to dig into the original text
and ask really great questions and connected
the historical perspective to a current event.
So we spent, it was a night class,
and we'd spend the first hour
with bringing in different current event articles
and listening to this expert talk about
how the things that were going on currently
were impacted by the history
of what happened in the Middle East.
And it's interesting, because,
as a nonprofit executive director in Muncie, Indiana,
why do I need to know about the history of the Middle East?
Well, I need to talk to people who,
I raise money with, from people who are extremely versatile
and well-traveled, and so, if I can speak intelligently
about a variety of topics, then I'm seen as
someone who can make good decisions
with the donations that they give.
And so, it's just interesting where you might think,
why a history major?
Well for me, it was something that set a good foundation,
and Ball State did a great job of giving me
a lot of really interesting opportunities.
I'm a history major who doesn't like to talk about war,
so lots of classes that looked at history
from different perspectives.