Registration for summer and fall classes opens this month by phone, -6717, or by using the Student Information System on the Vax. For Summer Quarter, students in years four to six can register beginning April 13; year three, April 14; year two, April 15; and year one or less, April 16. For Fall Quarter, year-six students can register April 20; years four to five, April 21; year three, April 24; year two, April 29; and year one or less, May 6.

College Activities Board seeks volunteers for this year's May 9 Emanon Festival. Volunteers will assist at the main gate, provide help at information booths and set up and dismantle the festival. Volunteer applications for interested organizations, departments and individuals are available from the CAB office in room A402, Student Alumni Union, and must be returned no later than April 17. For more details, call -2509 V/TTY.

Don Wilson, assistant professor, has been appointed director of the M.B.A. program in the College of Business, effective immediately. The appointment is part of a continuing effort to raise the standards and stature of RIT's M.B.A. program, as advised by a college faculty task force. Wilson will be responsible for all policy related to the administration and academic standards of the M.B.A. program. He will chair a soon-to-be-created M.B.A. program team which will make recommendations, as needed, to business faculty regarding curriculum and classroom standards.

Would you like to adopt a daughter? Jefferson Middle School students visit RIT April 23 for "Take Our Daughters to Work Day." The Commission for Promoting Pluralism, event sponsor, needs volunteers to spend the day with the students. Hosts can meet their "daughters" at a reception, 9 a.m., April 23. The girls will spend the day observing their adoptive "parent" on the job. A 3 p.m. gathering in the Skalny Room ends the day. For more information or to volunteer, contact Michelle Cometa (macetc@rit.edu or -5712) or Georgia Lester (gml9760@rit.edu or -7393).

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf has opened nominations for the 1998 Dr. Robert Frisina Award, presented yearly to one or two students who have shown unusual dedication to futhering education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT. Established in 1972 by the late Dr. Maurice Abrams, an honorary RIT trustee, the award honors the work of Frisina, a former RIT vice president and the first director of NTID. Send nominations to Sue Austin at LBJ-2847, fax -4939, or e-mail, seanod@rit.edu, due April 13. Students must have good academic and judicial standing with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA.

Drawing together the unique artistic talents of motion picture/image makers, composers and choreographers, "A Celebration of ImageMovementSound" presents, on April 4, 7, 16, 17 and 18, an array of collaborative works by three teaching institutions renowned in their respective fields. Together, 30 faculty and students from RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, Eastman School of Music and State University of New York at Brockport's Department of Dance have created 12 works, all of which combine, to differing degrees, images, sound and dance.

Effective August 31, all RIT Food Service Department dining rooms will be smoke free. Monroe County law mandates that all food service restaurants be smoke free, effective Jan. 1, 1999. But, according to Jim Bingham, director of food service, "the Institute community has agreed that it would be best to start this new policy at the beginning of the academic year." Any questions should be directed to Bingham, -2071.

RIT's International Student Scholarship Committee seeks nominations for its Outstanding International Student Service Award, given annually to two or three international students who have made special contributions to RIT campus life. Nominees must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students in good academic standing who have completed three academic quarters. The candidates must be in the United States in valid F-1 or J-1 visa status. Faculty and staff should submit nominations by April 14. For more information, contact Jo Cone, English Language Center, -6948, or e-mail, JBCELC@ rit.edu.

RIT's Board of Trustees has approved 1998-99 cost increases to ensure continuing academic quality while controlling costs. Costs announced for the 1998-99 academic year are as follows: