On Thursday March 19th at 2:30, Stockton’s School of Business hosted Judy Wicks. Judy Wicks is a businessperson, environmental activist, and author. She has won many awards for her promotional work. Judy Wicks gave a lecture and a led a discussion. The presentation started off with Marylyn Veto introducing the Dean of Business, and then the Dean of Business introducing Judy Wicks.
Judy Wicks spoke about her book Good Morning Beautiful Business, which is a love story as well as a book about business. She spoke a lot about business being a relationship with nature and how you can express a love of life and nature though business. She discussed her interest in sustainability. She also gave background information about herself, some of it being that she ran White Dog Café and she lived in Alaska and volunteered there to embrace the Eskimo culture. She gave her perspective on the Eskimo culture in Alaska and their values of sharing and cooperation, and related that culture to business. Everything Judy Wicks spoke about connected. She spoke well and held the attention of the audience. She had a lot of passion in her speech. Judy Wicks was very enjoyable to listened to.
This event was very crowded. Many of the audience members were business students. As Judy Wicks spoke, her book was being sold. There was a vendor off to the side of the room selling copies of it. At the end of the event, Judy Wicks held a book signing. Light refreshments were served, too. There were cookies, fruit, and some drinks. This event was informative and interesting, for business majors and non-business majors alike.