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of full academic freedom that is essential to teaching and to research. Academic freedom implies fundamental protection of the rights of faculty in teaching and of students to freedom in learning. Freedom in research is fundamental to the advancement of truth. As an institution firmly grounded in the tradition of Lutheran higher education, Pacific Lutheran University upholds these Principles of Academic Freedom for all faculty: Faculty are entitled to full freedom in research and in the

you don’t need formal education in a venture to be successful,” said Haun, who studied international business and Chinese studies at PLU. “Learning as you go is fine.” And her approach paid off. In addition to Nordstrom, companies such as Amazon, Zappos, Saks Fifth Avenue and other retailers sell See Kai Run shoes. Haun believes the brand was successful for two reasons: the health benefits of the flexible materials and the urban, “mini-me” style of children’s shoes that parents wanted but

year! Did you know? From Chinese music recitals and lectures to small group discussions with visiting Chinese scholars and Chinese-style dinner parties, there are plenty of opportunities to continue your learning outside the classroom! Did you know? PLU’s Kreidler Global Residence Hall gives Chinese Studies students the option to live in the Chinese language wing, and focus on global awareness, language immersion, and cultural engagement. Students practice their language with other community

, thermodynamics, electromagnetic theory and even quantum mechanics, and regularly apply what you’re learning in hands- on laboratories taught by professors (never teaching assistants!). When you graduate, you’ll be well- prepared for graduate study in many areas of the physical sciences and engineering, or to pursue professional careers in the industry. Graduates from the last 5 years: Their jobs Engineer Officer, United States Army Reserve Systems Design Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific Test Engineer

with new, one-time, and developing courses not yet available in the regular curriculum. The title will be listed on the student term-based record as ST: followed by the specific title designated by the academic unit. (1 to 4) GSRS 491 : Independent Study Readings, research projects, or service learning projects in areas of issues of gender, sexuality, and race studies, under the supervision of a faculty member. (1 to 4) GSRS 495 : Internship A pragmatic, employer-based experience in which students

images Zach Golden (BSCS), Boen Zhang (BSCS)  Utilizing machine learning and blur identification, our project aims to assist in the creation of 3D maps from remote drone imaging in geoscience. With images provided by the Department of Geoscience at PLU, by calculating the Laplacian variance of a single channel of an image we trained a support vector machine with more than 2000 images and used our model trained from the SVM to classify images on the level of blurriness. Using a React based web

students to reflect on the kind of media consumer that they are—“Click baiter,” “Web surfer,” or “Critical thinker.” My project aims to help students identify as different readers and consumers in order to evaluate their position in society in comparison to the readers and consumers seen in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The learning outcome of this lesson is for students to look at readers in history in order to become more responsible consumers of current media. Engl 427: Seminar in Poetry, Prof