Business Notes: Awards, seminars, networking

Awards

Raining Rose Inc. in Cedar Rapids was named one of the 2012 Greatest Companies to Work for by PPB magazine.

ARH Inc. in Amana was recognized by Star Building Systems as the recipient of Star's President Club award for cumulative sales and volume achievements.

For the fifth consecutive year, Curves of Cedar Rapids Inc. was selected for the 2012 Best of Cedar Rapids Award in the Health Clubs & Gyms category by the U.S. Commerce Association.

Lil' Drug Store Products's Here's to Your Health, a comprehensive worksite wellness program designed to encourage healthy behaviors for employees, received the 2012 Linn County Worksite Wellness Award in recognition of its success and effectiveness.

Seminars

Financial Strategies Educational Series's Your Path to Financial Security will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Marion Public Library, 1095 Sixth Ave. The event is free.

Mount Mercy University will showcase an array of academic achievement, faculty-student research partnerships and interactive demonstrations during the Scholarship Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in Betty Cherry Heritage Hall and the University Center Commons. Linguist Anne Curzan will speak at 4 p.m. in Flaherty Community Room, Basile Hall. The festival is free. Go to www.mtmercy.edu/fest-info for a schedule.

The 2012 Excellence Conference and Celebration, presented by the Iowa Quality Center, will be begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Meadows Conference Center in Altoona. Cost is $150 for a single registration, $1,350 for company sponsorship (10 registrations) and $100 for IRPE examiners. Call (319) 398-7101 or email info@iowaqc.org.

Erbs in Cedar Rapids will present a VMware Virtualization webinar from noon to 12:45 p.m. May 9. To register, call (319) 364-5159 or visit www.erbs.com.

Networking

A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at True North Companies, 500 First St. SE, Cedar Rapids. The event is organized by the Economic Alliance, the Iowa City Area Development Group and others. The event is free, but reservations are encouraged at www.cedarrapids.org.

Meetings

SCORE will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, 424 First Ave. NE. Josh Budke, employee benefits specialist with True North, will be the guest speaker. Call (319) 362-6405, ext. 2005.

The Cedar Rapids Public Relations Associates will meet at 11:30 a.m. May 10 at the Clarion Hotel & Convention Center, Cedar Rapids. Tim Dwight, owner and operator of Integrated Power Corp., will present “Solar Energy: Growing at the Speed of Light.” Reservations required by 5 p.m. Friday at www.crpra.com.