SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Feb. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Chegg, the Smarter Way to Student™, in partnership
with truth, one of the largest and most successful
national youth tobacco prevention campaigns, today announced
Ohio State University, Main Campus, as
the winner of a once-in-a-lifetime visit from Steve Aoki, the
international producer, DJ and entrepreneur. During the visit,
Steve Aoki will host an exclusive
Q&A with students and perform a few of his biggest hits.
To celebrate the importance of arts in education, Chegg will
also award the winning school a $10,000 grant for their music department from
Chegg's David B. Goldberg Music Scholarship fund. Chegg Music 101
at OSU will take place this month.
About Chegg
Chegg puts students first. As the leading student-first
connected learning platform, Chegg strives to improve the overall
return on investment in education by helping students learn more in
less time and at a lower cost. Chegg is a publicly-held
company based in Santa Clara, California and trades on
the NYSE under the symbol CHGG. For more information,
visit www.chegg.com.
To learn how to get your brand involved with Chegg,
visit www.collegemarketing.chegg.com.
About truth
truth® is one of the largest and most successful national
youth tobacco prevention campaigns. The campaign exposes the
tactics of the tobacco industry, the truth about addiction,
and the health effects and social consequences of smoking.
truth gives teens facts to make their own informed choices
about tobacco use and inspires them to use their social influence
and creativity in the fight against tobacco. The campaign is
credited with preventing hundreds of thousands of teens from
starting to smoke, and is working to make this the generation that
ends smoking for good. To learn more, visitthetruth.com.
truth is part of Truth Initiative, a national public health
organization dedicated to achieving a culture where all youth and
young adults reject tobacco. To learn more about Truth Initiative's
work speaking, seeking and spreading the truth about
tobacco, visit truthinitiative.org.
About Steve Aoki
STEVE AOKI is a 2x Grammy-nominated international
producer/DJ, electronic dance music entrepreneur, and founder of
the trendsetting record label, events/lifestyle company and apparel
line Dim Mak. Since launching in 1996, Dim Mak Records has become a
launch pad for seminal acts such
as The Chainsmokers, Bloc Party, The Bloody
Beetroots and The Gossip through deftly marketed single and
full-length releases and now has well over 500 releases to date. As
a solo artist, AOKI has become a force of nature averaging over 250
tour dates per year. Known for collaborations ranging from Snoop
Dogg to Linkin Park to JJ Abrams to Migos and Louis Tomlinson (One Direction),
AOKI's debut artist album was nominated for the Best
Electronic/Dance album Grammy while his follow ups NEON FUTURE I
& II featured his Gold certified single "Delirious
(Boneless)" with Kid Ink. Most recently "Just Hold On" with
One Direction's Louis Tomlinson
became a global smash after the pair debuted the song with a
performance on X Factor. The song debuted at #1 in 43
countries and has since achieved Gold or Platinum status in 18
countries.
AOKI recently received his second Grammy nomination in the Best
Music Film category as the subject of the 2016 Netflix Original
documentary "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" which premiered to a
sold-out audience at the Tribeca Film Festival. Steve has also both
donated and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for various
charitable organizations including his own AOKI FOUNDATION with a
primary goal of supporting organizations in the brain science and
research areas with a specific focus on regenerative medicine and
brain preservation. Steve Aoki
released his latest album Kolony on July
21 (via Dim Mak Records / Ultra Records), which debuted at #1
on the Electronic Album charts. Kolony marks
Aoki's first full turn into rap music, with nearly 10 years of
hip-hop collaborations, which he describes as "bridging the gap"
between genres and is stacked with hard-hitting rhymes from some of
the most prominent lyricists today, including Lil Uzi Vert,
Lil Yachty, Migos, 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, ILOVEMAKONNEN, T Pain, and
more.
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