Van Treuren, K. W. (2015, June), Encouraging Students to See the Role of Service Courses in Their Major  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23936

\bibitem{asee_peer_23936}
  Van Treuren, K. W. (2015, June), \emph{Encouraging Students to See the Role of Service Courses in Their Major}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23936

Kenneth W. Van Treuren.  "Encouraging Students to See the Role of Service Courses in Their Major".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23936 Internet.  18 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23936}
  Kenneth W. Van Treuren.
  "Encouraging Students to See the Role of Service Courses in Their Major".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23936 Internet.  18 Dec, 2024

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