Earthweek Jams: No Bullship, Sustainable Branding and our Ad Students

Grad Jammin': Annnnnd It's Take-Off For Our Graduating Students

Another Semester, another bunch of graduating students fly the nest full of hope and ambitions. In this final episode of Season 4 we chat with Carhin, from Advertising, Karmina, from PR, and Dominic, who is Minoring in Journalism. Each of them has their unique take on their time at SJSU and their hopes for their future. Graduation is always bittersweet and I'm sure this bunch will knock it right out of the park!

Network Jammin': Careers and Portfolio Reviews with Ad Club and PRSSA

There's been a bunch of networking events for our Ad and PR students recently. From the ADDYS to Portfolio Reviews to a Careers Workshop. In this episode we chat to Jasmine Rihal, soon-to-be co-president of the Spartan Ad Club, about the importance of networking and the benefits events like these bring to our creative communities in JMC. Oh, and we chat a bit about New York too, because why not.

NYC Jammin': The Ad Club in New York Again? Oh, Yeah!

There was a little bit of a delay but they got there in the end. The Spartan Ad Club's annual trip to NYC was postponed in February due to the huge storm that hit the East Coast that weekend. Like troopers, they rescheduled and have literally just got back from a week networking, visiting and enjoying adland in the heart of the advertising industry! In this episode we talk to Sima Nehchiri, current Ad Club Treasurer, and Aravind Ganesh, former exec member. Both are second-timers on the trip (it does hook you!), and we chat about the highlights of the trip, learning moments and other things NYC x Spartan Ad Club.

Earthweek Jams: No Bullship, Sustainable Branding and our Ad Students Pt. 2

So in the previous episode we chatted to Philia Beroud who ran a bootcamp on sustainable branding for some of our advertising students for Earth Week. In this episode we chat to Mohammed Zaffar who participated in the exercise. Mohammed chats about the things he learnt - from finding out the details of the UN's Sustainable Dvelopemnt Goals, in particular SDG 14, to raising his own awareness of sustainability issues and how creativity can foster change.

Earthweek Jams: No Bullship, Sustainable Branding and our Ad Students

Well, it's Earth Week, and did you know that Earth Day was founded right here at SJSU? Here are the facts right from official sources: "Gaylord Nelson [https://www.google.com/search?q=Gaylord+Nelson&rlz=1C5GCEM_en&oq=earth+day+founded+sjsu&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRigAdIBCDUwMDdqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfAcIXDc7CJjrg6-R5mH1djfhMnQNO43F4kOwG_3ZmHvkLWpNfmmDLpsyWed6SBtSweirqRWeB4s87gpe7HGiJYYbYT-yXCp4QUDWcvoUxmA5n_xXN8YJ5q0shLp7eO_oI-ZtoMKzqzfWgowO2slM8ElRXGIzSwv3ddKj_bXlfJ6RgkhbHQBYyeQ5nntqf2KPvEYZL0jRp0qveqUXN6aLvmfmMsLWcZNQi5mpLeSBXRM8n0l69rPQjiQfxeNRZx3oMWgmwFDtxylkuzGMlBZpOU8&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwiPsoDto_2TAxXCFTQIHStDL5QQgK4QegQIARAC], a 1939 San Jose State College (now SJSU) alumnus, founded Earth Day in 1970. His commitment to environmental awareness was heavily influenced by his time in California, and SJSU heavily contributed to the inaugural event, notably hosting a "Survival Faire" on Feb. 24, 1970, which included burying a new car to protest pollution." It's an awesome fact that I love to tell everyone about. Earth Day became Earth Week and this semester we have been focusing on sustainability as assignment theme where possible and in particular this week - saying that, we do tend to work on sustainability driven projects most of the time too. Enough with the preamble .... this episode we jam with Philia Beroud from No Bullship, an agency focused on sustainable branding based in SF. Philia is working with students in our Branded Content class with an eye to raising awareness on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically SDG 14 Life Under Water. Philia and I talk about the importance of these goals, we discuss sustainable branding, responsibilities and the workshop. We had such a great Jam that we ran over our alloted 15 minutes and could have carried on all day!