Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

arenecessary. Once the general outreach program mentioned above is implemented, there will be anopportunity to delve deeper into the needs and expectations of this group.1 The library at Texas A&M has been at the forefront of conducting research to assist and improve the experience ofstudent veterans.CONCLUSIONThanks to the many military occupational specialties that focus on technology, electronics, andmechanics, along with the many “soft skills” (such as communication, leadership, and discipline)that are learned along the way, student veterans are excellent candidates for becoming successfulengineers. If academic libraries are better able to understand the needs of this population andsupport these students in their journeys to their degrees