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local news
Szczurek keynote speaker at BPW
BOULDER - Theresa Szczurek, chief executive of Boulder-based Radish Systems LLC, will be the keynote speaker at the Sept. 16 meeting of the Boulder chapter of Business and Professional Women.
The dinner meeting will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at A Spice of Life Event Center, 5706 Arapahoe Road in Boulder.
Szczurek will speak on "Pursuit of Passionate Purpose: Success Strategies for a Rewarding Personal and Business Life." She will also address the lack of women leading tech startups and five actions needed to turn this around.
The YWCA of Boulder and Colorado Women Education Foundation will also be recognized for their advancement of women's programs. Register at www.BoulderBPW.org or call 303-415-3780.
Sponsors for this event include Flatirons Bank, the Boulder County Business Report and www.w3w3.com.
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Heroes nomination deadline extended
BOULDER - The Boulder County Business Report has extended the deadline to Tuesday, Sept. 7, for nominations for its annual Health-Care Heroes Awards.
Health-Care Heroes are organizations and individuals in Boulder and Broomfield counties that have a significant impact on the local health-care industry.
This year's heroes will be honored at Pulse: The State of Health Care, a program featuring panels of health-care experts and an awards ceremony, from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Lionsgate Event Center in Lafayette.
Tickets for the event, including the panel discussions and awards ceremony, are $49 per person. Cost for a corporate table of 10 is $450.
Nominations should include a 500-word explanation about why the nominee should be considered. The write-up should answer the following questions: How does this individual, company or organization meet the criteria for this award? What has the nominee done that is heroic? Relate either specific incident or pattern of contributions.
Mail nominations to Boulder County Business Report, 3180 Sterling Circle, Suite 201, Boulder, CO 80301, fax to 303-440-8954, or fill out our online form at http://www.bcbr.com/bcbr_events.asp
Categories are:
Business Award: Honors a business or company wellness program, healthy work environment, ergonomics program or other health-related activities.
Community Service: Honors an individual or organization for leadership in focusing on a particular health-care issue.
Distinguished Service: Honors a health-care professional for at least 20 years of service in health-care.
Emergency Service: Any organization or person who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in a lifesaving endeavor.
Professional Award: Honors a health-care administrator who has displayed excellence within their organization.
Support Services: Honors an individual in medical support services, such as pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, researchers, technicians, etc. for outstanding contributions to health-care profession.
Volunteer Award: Honors an individual or organization for leadership in focusing on a particular health-care issue in a volunteer capacity.
Sponsors for Pulse: the State of Health Care/Health-Care Heroes include Boulder Community Hospital, Cigna HealthCare of Colorado, Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, Rally Sport Health & Fitness Club and UnitedHealthcare.
For event sponsorship information, please contact Marlena Rich at 303-440-4950 ext. 106 or e-mail mrich@bcbr.com.
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Partnership puts salads in schools
BOULDER - Whole Foods Market IP LP has partnered with Chef Ann Cooper to launch the Great American Salad Bar Project, a program that will provide free salad bars to K-12 schools through a grant-application process.
The window to apply for a grant is Sept. 1 through Nov. 1. Applicants must participate in the National School Lunch Program, be within a 50-mile radius of a Whole Foods Market and commit to sustaining a healthy cafeteria salad bar. Applications can be found at www.Saladbarproject.org.
Cooper is the founder of Boulder-based Food, Family, Farming Foundation - the F3 Foundation - a nonprofit that works with schools, school districts, families and farms to provide nutritious meals to K-12 students.
Schools selected by the F3 Foundation for free salad bars will be announced by Jan. 15, and salad bar kits will be shipped to schools within a month.
Whole Foods Market has donated $679, 093 toward the project through shopper donations.
"We have already raised 90 percent of our fundraising goal of $750,000," said Marci Frumkin, executive marketing director for Whole Foods Market.
Each school chosen will receive a portable, five-well salad bar complete with utensils, pan inserts, chilling pads and training tools. The school must obtain approval from its district superintendent, school principal and nutrition services director and use the salad bar as part of the lunch program for two school years.
Grant awards are based on need, potential for impact, commitment to the program and potential for future viability when the grant period has ended. The F3 Foundation is the granting institution and will collect and approve school applications. |
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Community Calendar
Transition Colorado and the CU Museum of Natural History are hosting the Local Foodshed Commons and Conference from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, at the CU Memorial Center, 1669 Euclid Ave. in Boulder. The event begins at the Glenn Miller Ballroom and features exhibits and demonstrations from local restaurants, chefs, farmers, growers, food retailers and distributors. From 6 to 9 p.m., a harvest-gathering celebration will be held at the Millennium Harvest House's Outdoor Pavilion and Gardens, 1345 28th St. in Boulder. For more information, visit www.Transitioncolorado.org.
The Louisville Fall Festival will be held from Friday, Sept. 3, to Monday, Sept. 6, at Community Park, 955 Bella Vista Drive in Louisville. The weekend event features live music, craft and food booths and children's entertainment. For time listings on the senior dinner, horseshoe tournament, pet parade, motorfest, Coal Creek Crossing 5K, dog show and Labor Day parade, visit www.louisvilleco.gov or call 303-588-9432.
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NexGen, Bella partner on project
BOULDER - NexGen Energy Partners LLC in Boulder and Bella Energy Inc. in Louisville will develop a solar installation on the roof of the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
The team presented a plan to Salt Lake County to install up to 2.6 megawatts of solar modules on the structure. If built to that capacity, the Salt Palace would host the largest rooftop solar facility in the United States. The system is expected to generate more than 3.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity every year, while reducing the building's consumption by 25 percent.
The NexGen Energy and Bella Energy team won a competitive request-for-proposal process that took four months and began with 12 applicants. Construction is expected to begin later this year.
NexGen Energy will own and operate the facility and sell the power to Salt Lake County at a fixed rate. Bella Energy will design and install the project.
The final contract will include an option for the county to purchase the system in the eighth year. NexGen Energy has retained the renewable energy credits associated with the project.
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CU law school dean to resign
BOULDER - David Getches, dean of the law school at the University of Colorado at Boulder, intends to resign as dean in June 2011.
Getches, who will stay at CU-Boulder as a law professor, said he is "eager to return to teaching and research." Now in his eighth year as dean of CU-Boulder's law school, Getches announced his resignation to the faculty Aug. 20.
"I have reached this decision with confidence that the Law School is on a solid footing," Getches said. "With the support of alumni, faculty, staff, students and donors, we have many achievements that distinguish Colorado Law among the nation's best law schools."
Interim Provost Russell Moore will appoint a search committee by the end of September.
Under Getches' leadership, the academic offerings at the law school have been greatly expanded. New programs include an endowed Experiential Learning Program, three Master of Laws degrees, three legal clinics, three certificates and eight dual-degrees.
Getches helped raise $28.5 million in donations, increasing the law school's endowment 80 percent since 2003. The increase in fundraising allowed Getches to fulfill one of his primary initiatives, to significantly increase the number and amounts of law student scholarships to attract the most promising students, regardless of financial capacity.
Getches, who has been on the faculty since 1979, is the Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources Law. He teaches and writes on water law, public land law, environmental law and American Indian law. |
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