The University of Evansville today announced that it is implementing an immediate freeze on undergraduate tuition. For incoming students who arrive in Fall 2013, tuition is guaranteed to remain fixed at its current level for four years. Tuition for returning students will be locked in until those students have completed four years at the University.

The Board of Trustees approved the tuition freeze and four-year lock-in during a special meeting on July 31.

“In the midst of the national dialogue about college affordability and the challenging economic climate, we hear the concerns of our students and families, and we’re taking action,” said UE President Thomas A. Kazee. “We are committed to making a quality college education affordable for our current and prospective students, and to helping them plan for their investment by eliminating the financial uncertainty of rising costs.”

With annual tuition increases at private, nonprofit universities averaging about 4 to 5 percent each year, UE’s four-year tuition guarantee offers significant savings to families. Tuition is locked at the current (2012-13) price of $29,740, and more than 95 percent of UE students receive financial aid to attend the University.

The tuition initiative is accompanied by new and expanded programs in UE’s Center for Career Development. Beginning in Fall 2012, prospective students visiting campus will have the chance to meet with a Center for Career Development staff member as part of UE’s new Career Advantage program, which helps students determine academic majors and careers that would be a good fit.

Similar career exploration opportunities are available to current UE students as part of the Advanced Career Education certificate program, and new graduates benefit from UE Connect, a mentoring initiative that connects them with successful UE alumni.

“We care about where students are going before they even enroll here,” Kazee added, “and we continue to support them after they graduate. In today’s challenging job market, extensive career preparation and a strong alumni network will give students an advantage as they launch their careers. A UE education is a smart investment now more than ever.”

The University is rich with opportunities for its student body of approximately 2,400 undergraduates. UE offers nationally renowned programs in liberal arts and preprofessional disciplines, and is one of the top universities in the Midwest. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked UE in the top 10 master’s-granting institutions in the region, as well as the top 3 “Great Schools at Great Prices.” The University also has been named a “Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review, ranked among the top master’s universities by Washington Monthly, and declared one of the nation’s “Coolest Schools” for sustainability by Sierra Magazine.

To learn more about the tuition freeze and four-year price guarantee, please visit www.evansville.edu/bigfreeze or contact the Office of Admission at 812-488-2468 or admission@evansville.edu. For more information on career development services at UE, please contact the Center for Career Development at 812-488-1083.

Oct. 2 @ 7:00pm

With Special guest Warren Barfield

Evansville, IN ~ Chonda Pierce is fully mobilized with tour bus, stocked with stacks of funny

new material from her just released I’m Kind of A Big Deal DVD and ready to disarm her
audience with her “Live, Love, Laugh Tour on October 2nd at Victory Theatre. Tickets go on sale
Monday, August 20 at 10:00am.

Outfitted with an abundance of unpretentious Southern charm and laser sharp wit, Chonda has
long proven to have perfected the art of winning applause with hand-to-hand comedy.

Part of her affinity for getting to “preach to the choir” is Chonda’s deft talent for imparting
thought provoking gems of wisdom amid the laughter. “Within comedy you can get by with
saying things you could never say if you were preaching a sermon,” she noted in a recent
interview. “People are having fun and being entertained and all of a sudden I’ll see those telling
looks on faces in the audience…it’s ‘ha ha….pause…oh my…what she just said is SO true!’ I love
those moments!”

Her fresh approach to wholesome comedy has birthed a unique franchise. Her DVDs are
consistently strong sellers, both on tour and at retail. Four titles have already been certified
platinum with seven gold certifications for sales of over 100,000 to her credit. With an
increasingly busy booking event schedule at major churches across the U.S., Chonda has found
time to author half dozen best-selling books-including her latest-Laughing In The Dark (Simon
& Schuster). She is recipient of the 2009 ‘Comedian of the Year’ Visionary Award. With her own

CMT-TV comedy special This Ain’t Prettyville and regular appearances on XM and Sirius satellite
radio, her visibility has ushering in a growing base of dedicated Christians–women in particular-
-who love to laugh at the everyday circumstances of life that Chonda can suddenly transform
into the hilarious!

April marked the birth of Chonda’s latest comedy brain-child–the new comedy DVD christened
I’m Kind of A Big Deal–and filled with the zany musings and reflections of new laughs close to
her heart. As the nationally acclaimed darling of laughter to a legion of fans, there’s little that
Chonda Pierce can’t spin to the funny side. But explaining the title of her latest DVD, she struck
a serious moment. “To me the whole project says that as Christians we are a ‘big deal’–we can
run with the big dogs because of who our Daddy is. Looking back, it’s been an amazing story for
a girl who grew up on the second row as a preacher’s kid back in South Carolina.”

Special musical guest and host Warren Barfield joins Chonda on tour.

Tickets are 27.00 & 22.00 and can be purchased at The Centre Box Office Monday through
Friday from 10am – 5pm, www.ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000.

For more information on the tour please go to www.chondra.org

EPD Activity Report August 18, 2012

Dr. John the Night Tripper may have started the show but Boscoe France of Madisonville, KY who frequently plays in Evansville stole the show Saturday night in Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

Boscoe and five other national finalists gave it their best efforts but when the contest was over Boscoe was declared the winner. Boscoe’s victory earned him a $50,000 prize package.

The CCO was in the club and will do our best to upload pictures and video from Boscoe’s win tomorrow.