JMC Jams Season 4

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 o...

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.

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, curren...

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 sus...

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 , 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 "Survi...

Episode 5 brings Surfrider's Santa Cruz chapter into our studio. Trace Laskey, who volunteers mainly on the Ban the Balloon project, joins us to talk about what Surfrider does as an organization, how our School of JMC will be collaborating on some important and interesting work, and how students can get involved. The main focus of the conversation is the Ban the Balloon campaign. Did you know how...

A couple of episodes ago with spoke with Professor Eugene Cordero as he passed by our Ciggy Surfboard booth on the Paseo. In this episode he joins us in the studio to talk about Climatology, Meteorology, Sustainability and the Green Ninja. The GN is an interdisciplinary phenomenon that has grown from an SJSU animation initiative to a Middle School educational product embracing a host of approaches...

We teased the screening of "The Cigarette Surfboard" and now the deed is done! In this episode we chat to Ben and Taylor, the guys behind the project and the documentary. In short, Taylor, an SJSU Industrial Design graduate, built a surfboard with discarded cigarette butts collected across the beaches in Santa Cruz. He won a Surfrider contest, and launched a project raising awareness about the pro...

We're gearing up to the screening of "The Cigarette Surfboard" this Friday March 13 and a big part of our effort has been focused on tabling on the Paseo. Talking to students as they walk past, getting them interested in the documentary, and we've had plenty of registrations. It's fascinating - so these guys made a surfboard from discarded cigarette butts? And it rides? And they tour it to raise a...

Spring Semester, New Season. It's Season 4 and we're back with Juan and Ernie to hear about what's in store for the Spring. This Season we are focusing on Ocean Sustainability and we have a number of experiences that respond to this theme leading to Earth Week in April. we'll be teasing some of the fun and exciting things we have in store.