(Lee’s Summit, Mo.)—As the nation’s leading service connecting young people with higher- education opportunities, the National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA) is now a proud sponsor of the College Mentors for Kids! Inc. (CMFK!) Crystal Ball gala. CMFK is an innovative, Indiana-based mentoring program designed to provide young children with opportunities for successful and viable futures.

"Sharing a mission and vision of the future with CFMK! through different ways and means, is a delight," said Don Munce, president of NRCCUA. "NRCCUA and CMFK! each work to increase students’ awareness and interest in higher education, and, in the long-run, hope to increase the percentage of children who become responsible and productive adults."

NRCCUA enrollment consultant Sharon Heatwole will attend the event with eight higher-education guests from the Indianapolis surrounding area. The second annual formal Crystal Ball fund-raising event will be held Saturday, March 29, 2003, at the Indiana State Museum, in Indianapolis, Ind., from 6 to 10 p.m.

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The National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA) is a non-profit educational research organization based in Lee’s Summit, Mo. For over 30 years, NRCCUA has conducted the largest nationwide survey of high school students, which serves as a communications link between college-bound high school students and public and private colleges and universities. For more information, visit www.nrccua.org