Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Novoselich P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Janice Leshay Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Keith A. Landry, Georgia Southern University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

, often having additional life responsibilities such as supporting a family andfull-time employment which may lead to different study habits and priorities than their youngercivilian counterparts. Panelists also describe SVSMs as having stronger work ethic anddiscipline which they attribute to years of military service and the additional life experiencescommensurate with that service. The theme of fitting in included descriptions of very earlychallenges integrating into the higher education culture which participants attributed toadditional burdens navigating convoluted veteran registration, “paperwork” processes whichseemed contrary to how, “the military flows”. Coming from a military academy undergraduateeducation, one participant with graduate

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

gettinginvolved with other traditional students. Finding ways to unite this group of students both in andout of the classroom can be a challenge1. Veteran and active duty students have persistence andmental toughness for academic work stemming from their goal oriented work ethic in themilitary. Some of these veterans and active duty students initially entered college after highschool, performed poorly due to the lack of mental toughness and persistence, and then enteredthe military. As students who are now traditionally older and more cognitively developed, theyare better equipped to scaffold more traditional students through complicated problems andinteractions. In addition, their world experience provides a different and critically broadexperience