Laker Alumna talks on advertisement

Laker alumna Jocelyn Goldberg will return to Grand Valley State University to give a presentation on what it takes to create an advertisement for the Super Bowl.

Goldberg’s presentation, titled “Hashtags Don’t Break for Halftime: Inside Coke’s Social Media War Room,” will show off what Goldberg has learned during her time creating Super Bowl ads with the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy.

The presentation will emphasize the growing landscape of advertising and how social media plays an important part in reaching consumers.

Goldberg said she encourages students interested in advertising to attend the event as it will enlighten them with details that are often never told.

The event will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Loosemore Auditorium inside the Richard M. Devos Center on the Pew Campus in Grand Rapids.

GVSU professor displays art

The retirement of Ed Wong-Ligda, professor and coordinator of illustration in the Art and Design Department at Grand Valley State University, will be commemorated with an exhibit of his own paintings for the public to enjoy.

Titled “Veracity, Distortion, Reduction: Visual Explorations by Ed Wong Ligda,” the exhibit will have 15 oil-on-canvas paintings that were made by Wong-Linda while he was at GVSU.

The exhibit debuts on Thursday, Jan. 15 in Room 1121 at the Performing Arts Center, located on the Allendale Campus. It is free to the public and is open until March 20.

For more information, head over to www.gvsu.edu/artgallery.

Judge Sara Smolenski to talk at GVSU

District Judge Sara Smolenski is set to be the first speaker at the 2015 Grand Valley State University Wheelhouse Talks Series, an event created to celebrate leadership and recognize the newest leaders coming out of the community.

Smolenski will be speaking about her role as the Chief Judge of the 63rd District Court as well as the responsibilities of leadership that come along with the job.

Smolenski is known as a firm supporter for education and prevention of violence against women as well as his engagement with the community.

The talk will take place on Jan. 14 at 12:30 p.m. in the L. William Seidman Center in Grand Rapids.

For more information, go to www.HauensteinCenter.org

GVSU student reflects on experience in Paris

Grand Valley State University student Miguel Perez reflected on his experience in Paris during the events at Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper that was the center of a terrorist attack which left 12 dead on Jan. 7.

Perez, who is currently studying abroad in Paris, said it was difficult to see the sadness and anger of the people around him.

However, Perez said the amount of citizens who decided to show their support for the newspaper and the idea of free speech encouraged him.

The events at Charlie Hebdo proved to be a global issue as protesters in Madrid, London, Brussels and the United States took to the streets to voice encouragement for the newspaper.