The School of Continuing Studies' Division of Business and Management is holding a series of open houses at the Downtown Center and at the Washington, D.C. Cen-ter for the Women, Leadership and Change program, and for the Leadership Development Program for Minority Managers.

Open houses for the leadership program are scheduled for Tuesday, March 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Washington, D.C. Center; and for Thursday, April 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Downtown Center in Baltimore. The open house for the women and leadership program is scheduled for Wednesday, April 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Downtown Center. For information or to RSVP, call 1-800-GO-TO-JHU, or e-mail to scsinfo@jhu.edu.

To raise money to help find a cure for leukemia and related cancers, Cindy Levick, clinical instructor at the School of Nursing, will bicycle 100 miles on America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride around Lake Tahoe, on Sunday, June 7.

Levick will ride for George Kiriazogou, a 7-year-old boy diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia when he was 3 years old.

Sponsors can donate 25 cents a mile, 50 cents a mile or more. Make checks payable to the Leukemia Society of America and send them to Cindy Levick, 525 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Md. 21205. Contributions are tax deductible. For more information or to place your donation on a credit card, call 410-614-1363.

Parents employed at Johns Hopkins University have several child care options available to them. Hopkins employees have admissions priority at either of the two Downtown Baltimore Children's Centers (DBCC), at 806 Park Ave. or 237 Arch St. Applications are now being taken for summer and fall enrollment. Scholarships for partial tuition assistance may be available in September for regular faculty and staff, based on financial need. The Office of WORKlife Programs is taking applications for the scholarship waiting list. DBCC will hold an open house at Park Avenue on Tuesday, March 24, and on Wednesday, April 8, from 8 to 9:30 a.m.

An open house for Arch Street is scheduled for Thursday, April 16, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. For more information, call DBCC, Park Avenue, at 410-669-1010, or DBCC, Arch Street, at 410-659-0515.

Tuition discounts for Hopkins parents are available at the Children's World Learning Centers and the Kiddie Academy. For information, call the Office of WORKlife Programs.

The Children of the World Co-op is an international play group for children 1 to 4 and their parents. The co-op serves the Hopkins community and surrounding neighborhoods, with priority given to international and JHU-affiliated families. For information, call 410-366-4425.

The Johns Hopkins University Summer Camp program offers five one-week sessions at the Homewood campus. The camp runs from June 15 to July 17 and is intended for children 5 to 12. While structured activities are planned from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., campers may arrive as early at 8:15 a.m. and leave as late as 5:15 p.m. For information, call 410-516-7490.

The Office of WORKlife Programs can assist parents in finding family or center-based child care, summer camps, after-school programs, private and parochial schools, pre-schools and kindergarten programs, nanny and au pair agencies, and directories for tutoring and child-sitting by Hopkins students. For information, call 410-516-6605.

Time Quest: Increasing Productivity through Value-based Time Management is a seminar designed to teach workers how to reduce time demands, control procrastination, manage responsibilities, prioritize tasks, set value-based goals, reduce stress, unclutter workspace and remember commitments. The seminar will also examine the use of the Franklin system of management.

The seminar will take place on Wednesday, April 15, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Turner Auditorium in East Baltimore. The registration fee for the seminar is $250. The registration cut-off date is Thursday, April 9. For information, call 410-955-3169.

"Personal and Planetary Wellness: A Vegetarian Perspective" is the title of a talk about vegetarianism as it relates to personal and planetary well-being, scheduled for Monday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Mudd Hall Auditorium on the Homewood campus.

Suzanne Havala, a professional nutrition consultant and expert on vegetarian diets, will discuss the health and nutrition aspects of vegetarianism.

Robert Lawrence, director of the Center for a Livable Future, will talk about the relationship of vegetarianism to resource use and distribution.

For more information, call Nicole Warren at 410-523-9277 or e-mail cwtower@earthlink.net. Sponsors include the Vegetarian Club, the Center for a Livable Future, SAC and the School of Nursing.

Martin D. Abeloff will discuss the latest discoveries in the fight against cancer, new treatments for patients with cancer and the construction of the state-of-the-art Comprehensive Cancer Center. Abeloff is professor of oncology and director of the Oncology Center.

"Progress in Cancer Care and Research" will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, in the Garrett Room of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. A reception will follow the talk, which is sponsored by The Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries. For more information, call 410-516-8327.

Weight management classes for Hopkins faculty and staff will be held on Mondays beginning Monday, April 20, from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in the Sherwood Room, Levering Hall. Sue James, registered dietitian and nutritionist for the Baltimore Ravens, will lead this five-week session, which will include such topics as healthy eating, exercise and low-fat/high-fiber diets.

The fee for this informative session is $15. To register or to receive further information, contact Occupational Health Services at 410-516-0450.

All full-time undergraduates are invited to apply for university grants of up to $2,500 to support original research, composition or performance projects next fall.

The 1998 Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards will provide a number of grants to current freshmen, sophomores and juniors in the schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, and in the Peabody Conservatory.

The money can be used to pay the costs of the winner's research or creative projects. Winners can also choose either to receive up to $1,500 of the total award as a cash stipend or to receive academic credit for their work. Applications are available from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Theodore Poehler, at 207 Garland Hall on the Homewood campus, or by calling 410-516-4587. Completed applications must be submitted by Friday, April 10, for fall semester proposals.

Higher education faculty in the Baltimore area are invited to apply for one of 15 $2,500 Shriver Center grants for the development of courses or the redesign of existing courses and/or research projects that integrate service-learning at the university level. Faculty may apply as individuals or teams, and should develop proposals in conversation with the service coordinator's office on campus. Application deadline is Friday, April 24. Notification is May 11.

For more information, call the Office of Women's Studies at 410-516-6166.

The 11th Summer Institute in Environmental Health is scheduled for June 1 to 12. Ten courses will be presented for academic credit or continuing education units. Two certificate programs are offered in Environmental Health or Occupational Health.

For more information, call Kay Castle-berry at 410-955-2212 or send e-mail to summerehs@jhsph.edu.