Calf USA’s charitable foundation – the United Stockgrowers of America Foundation for Research, Education and Endowment – will accept applications for the first round of the Leo and Sam McDonnell Scholarship awards until July 1. Four $2,500 scholarships will be presented during the organization’s annual convention Jan. 18-20 in Denver.
BSI2000 Inc., a developer of high-end security systems for commercial and governmental use, announced it has engaged Transition Partners Limited of Boulder to provide analysis and advice to its board of directors regarding possible financing or other strategic alternatives, which may include the sale or merger of the company.
Replidyne will offer 5 million shares of common stock in an initial public offering. The company anticipates that the IPO price will be between $14 and $16 a share. The common stock has been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol RDYN, subject to official notice of issuance.
The Denver Foundation has awarded a $13,000 grant to the Community Reach Center. The grant supports the center’s Early Childhood Services Program, which provides direct intervention through individual, family and group therapy. The program also provides education to parents and the community, and assists local preschools and daycare providers in implementing age-appropriate programs and curricula.
The Elise Group announced a new partnership with the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International. The Elise Group is a sponsor of HSMAI’s Revenue Management Special Interest Group and also is an HSMAI University partner.
MWH announced that it received the J.W. Morris Sustaining Member Award from the Society of American Military Engineers.
CTEK Angels, a Denver- based venture-capital group, said 11 of its investors have infused $425,000 into Solidware Technologies Inc., a Boulder- based software company. CTEK said it also would help syndicate the deal to investors in four other states.
Healing Hands International, a nonprofit humanitarian organization, is working with the Native Communities Development Corp. to obtain satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe for use in planning and visualization efforts surrounding agricultural-development and disaster-relief missions in Africa and Central America.
The Denver Public Library recently was presented the top honor in the public-library category by search-engine developer WebFeat. The WebFeat President’s Awards for Innovation are presented to libraries with the most innovative federated search systems.
