Samuelson, C., & Litzler, E., & Staples, C. L., & Smith, P. E., & Amelink, C. T. (2014, June), Living, Learning, and Staying:   The Impact of a Women in Engineering Living and Learning Community  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--22805

\bibitem{asee_peer_22805}
  Samuelson, C., \& Litzler, E., \& Staples, C. L., \& Smith, P. E., \& Amelink, C. T. (2014, June), \emph{Living, Learning, and Staying:   The Impact of a Women in Engineering Living and Learning Community}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--22805

Cate Samuelson, Elizabeth Litzler, Candice L. Staples, Paige E. Smith, and Catherine T. Amelink.  "Living, Learning, and Staying:   The Impact of a Women in Engineering Living and Learning Community".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/22805 Internet.  11 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22805}
  Cate Samuelson, Elizabeth Litzler, Candice L. Staples, Paige E. Smith, and Catherine T. Amelink.
  "Living, Learning, and Staying:   The Impact of a Women in Engineering Living and Learning Community".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/22805 Internet.  11 Jul, 2024

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