ORCID
Winn Wasson: 0000-0001-5117-6813
Document Type
Poster
Date
4-9-2026
Keywords
Winnie the WAC, World War II, Special Collections Research Center, Defense comptrollership program, Vic Herman, Citing sources
Campus Community
Syracuse University Libraries
Language
English
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Alan Herman and Dori Kulwin for their generous permission to use the cartoon of Winnie the WAC by Vic Herman on this poster.
Disciplines
Military and Veterans Studies
Description/Abstract
By student request, the Defense Comptrollership Program at Syracuse University integrates focused instruction on citing sources, avoiding plagiarism, and using citation management software into its orientation. The session uses "humor in uniform", in the form of a World-War-II-era cartoon, to convey the "why":of citing sources to a military-connected audience--particularly those studying accounting--namely that using citations not only provides proper credit to one's sources; it also helps track down the source of incorrect information, rectify past mistakes, and safeguard against future errors.
Recommended Citation
Wasson, Winn W., "Citations, Accounting, and Accountability: Citing Sources and Building Connections at the Defense Comptrollership Program New Student Orientation" (2026). Voices of Service Symposium. 24.
https://surface.syr.edu/vos/24
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