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Rickard honored as top GA business woman
Attends conference for small business owners
By Cherish Lynch
Guest Writer
Clynchl@my.westga.edu
Mary-Kay Rickard, a
well-known instructor in
the Richards College of
Business, was honored for
Business Woman of the
year for Georgia for 2005.
Part of this honor
was being invited to
Washington, D.C. to
attend a conference with
the National Republican
Congressional Committee
and President Bush.
Rickard said, “It was the
most incredible experience I
have had. Washington, D.C.
itself is a very exciting and
unique city.”
Topics covered were
those relating to small
businesses.
Not only does Rickard
teach at the University
of West Georgia, but
she also owns two small
businesses in Villa Rica.
One is called Mail
and More and the other is
Signs for Less. Both of
these businesses do offer
student discounts.
For the past year,
Rickard has acted as an
Honorary Chairman of
the Business Advisory
Council by giving
them feedback in
the form of surveys
about her experiences
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Nguz Karl-i-Bond sits peacefully as he reflects on his life while In America. He recently
publlsed a book entitled, “J.N.K. Book of Thoughts and Poems. A native of the Demo
cratic Republic of the Congo, Karl-i-Bond has lived in Europe and the United States. He
has endured harsh times while In the United States.
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and difficulties as a
small business owner.
Chairman Tom Reynolds,
nominated Rickard for
this honor.
After participating in
the conference, Rickard
learned that people make
the difference.
“If we don’t like
how something is being
handled in Washington
we need to let the people
that represent us know
about it,” said Rickard.
Rickard also noticed
that most of the politicians
there were listening.
After attending the
conference, Rickard feels
like a more knowledgeable
business owner.
She was informed on
some of the efforts that
are being made on behalf
of small businesses such
as health care.
Most of the staff and
especially Dean Mclntyre
are all very thrilled about
this recent success.
“Everyone in
the RCOB is proud
of Mrs. Rickard’s
accomplishments. Her
business experience
is invaluable in the
classroom, and it is
rewarding to see her
recognized as Georgia’s
Business Woman of
the Year. No one is
more deserving,” said
Mclntyre.
One of Rickard’s
students, A.J. Brown,
believes that Professor
Rickard really cares
about her students and
it’s important to her that
they succeed.
Rickard is a graduate
of the University of West
Georgia, with a BBA in
Marketing in 1997.
She graduated with
a masters of business
administration in
December of 1998. She
also worked as a graduate
research assistant while
attending West Georgia.
As an instructor of
Marketing, she currently
teaches four classes,
including Advertisement,
Consumer Behavior, and
Marketing Research.
Rickard does not
really have time for
hobbies, but it is very
important to her to make
time for her best friend
and husband Mike and
her three year-old son
Alex.
She is also expecting
her second child.
Her determination
to make a difference is
Rickard’s motivation for
being so successful.
She credits her
husband to being the
secret behind all of her
achievements.
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Mary Rickard, instructor of Marketing in the Richards College of Business, was honored
as Georgia’s top Business Woman for 2005. She was invited to attend a conference in
Washintgon, D.C. that focused on small business. She had dinner with President Bush.
By Asim Phillips
Guest Writer
asim_phillips@hotmail.com
Author Nguz a Karl
i-Bond is a senior at
the University of West
Georgia.
He is from the
Democratic Republic of
Congo, which is a country
in Central Africa.
During his lifetime, he
has lived in Africa, Europe,
and the United States.
Nguz a Karl-i-Bond
has had many experiences
from living on these
continents.
He was most
comfortable living in
Africa, but loves the school
system in America.
“Accept differences
in people, there is no one
right way of living,” Nguz
a Karl-i-Bond said.
Throughout his life,
he has endured many
struggles. After living the
life full of riches in Africa,
he lost everything when he
came to America.
He was forced to live
on the streets for a while,
or in any place he could
find to lay his head.
At times, he would go
three days without eating,
which was hard for a six
foot seven inch tall man
who weighed two hundred
and sixty pounds.
Despite the harsh
lifestyle he was living
during that time, he says
that he learned the most
while he was poor.
“I never knew that 1
was privileged until after I
became poor. I saw things
that I would never have
seen if I had everything,”
Karl-i-Bond said.
The struggles he faced
during his life inspired
him to write his first book,
J.N.K. Book of Thoughts
and Poems.
He feels that the book
allows him to say what he
has always wanted to say.
“The book cleanses
me,” he said.
The book has a
brief narrative and a few
poems about things he has
encountered during his life.
It also has many powerful
quotes and lessons about
the struggles of life.
Some of his favorite
quotes for the book are:
“Knowing that the world
has an inevitable tragedy
awaiting me; I often fear
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
waking up with a smile on
my face.”
“Love amounts to
nothing without respect”
and “I’ve feared so much
that I don’t ever fear
anymore. What makes
us cowards is what we do
with our fears,” are also
among his favorite quotes.
He hopes that people
will read the book and be
inspired by what he has
to say.
Karl-i-Bond does
not consider himself an
author, but as a man who
has something to say.
The main thing he
wants to accomplish in life
is to take care of the people
he loves so they won’t have
to suffer as he did.
Nguz Karl-i-Bond Jr.
has four mottos in which
he lives by: put trust in
God, work hard, stay
humble, amd to appreciate
and love the people that
are dear to your heart
because you know not if
today will be your last day
alive.
If anyone wants to
know a little more about
the book, or purchase the
book, visit the website at
http://www.jnk2.com.