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“Leadership is about paying the price. You have to put the work in to gain the respect of your peers.”
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Dan LeFevour, Former Central Michigan University quarterback
Standout quarterback speaks about leadership, his time as a Chippewa Greg Wickliffe Staff Reporter
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Dan LeFevour knew he would be Assistant Photo Editor a football player when he arrived at Central Michigan University in 2006, but the former quarterback struggled to find direction off the field. Most people remember him as CMU’s all-time passing leader, the quarterback who broke records and led the Chippewas to three Mid-American Conference championship games. Many people don’t know the man under the helmet. LeFevour visited CMU on Thursday to speak to a small group of students taking a communication and w for a look leadership class the Illinois-native back at took during his time in Mount some of the Pleasant. The CMU football headlines record holder talked about what lefevour makes a good leader. made while “A lot of times people aren’t CM-LIF E.COM he was | MULT necessarily ready to lead,” LeFeIMEDIA SLIDE SHOW AND V playing vour said. “There is nothing that IDEO F ROM T HURSD AY’S G for the is going to prepare you for a lot of AME things in life except experience. chippewas, 31 You can BS yourself and say that 10 see page 10 you’re ready, but you’re really not LEFEV until you gather that experience. OUR, L INSON , SNEE There’s no way to get that experience D STA R IN T ITLE T but to perform on the job.” RIUMP H LeFevour talked about some of the qualities he developed at CMU — all of which are helping him expand his career both on and off the field in a growing number of ways. “Just being determined in what I want to do, being motivated and always working hard, those are the things that people can look at and try to emulate,” he said. Patience is another virtue LeFevour mentioned as a key aspect of communicating effectively with peers. “Working on the way you want to communicate and how you want to be heard, all of those things take time and take development,” LeFevour said experiences, to the class. “Yes, there are things that so knowing that a tragic you can do on your own that people accident like tearing my ACL and can look to as an example. But anytime cutting my season short and having you are communicating with others, a slight threat on my career, I’m able that can always be polished always be to attack that and move through that improved upon.” because I’ve been through trials and LeFevour plays in the Canadian tribulations in the past.” Football League and was the starting One of the students in the class who quarterback for the Hamilton Tigerrelated to both LeFevour’s message Cats until a torn ACL ended his season and injury situation was CMU softball this summer. player Evelyn Lorimer, who also tore Because of the hardship LeFevour her ACL within the last year. worked through as a student at CMU, “He’s really open to talking to he said he was prepared to handle the anyone,” Lorimer said. “It’s really cool serious injury. to see someone like him show so much “I’ve been through a lot of extreme amount of character. highs and lows through football and Lorimer said as a CMU student-athschool when I was here,” he said. Central Michigan Life | File Photo “I’ve made it through all of those w LEFEVOUR | 10A Dan LeFevour played quarterback at CMU from 2006-2009 winning three MAC titles. Friday,
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Facilities Management to spend $645,000 on winter renovations By Grant Lefaive Staff Reporter
Facilities Management will spend $645,000 in construction on campus over winter break, almost all of which are scheduled to be completed when classes resume on Jan. 12. Three classrooms in Moore Hall will be receiving an upgrade, consisting of a new meeting room, modifications to the elevator system and three new offices on the fourth floor. Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management, said the project is scheduled for completion Feb. 27. Other additions include installing a door in Moore 427 and a window in Moore 442, which should be done by
Jan. 5. The total cost for Moore Hall’s renovations alone will be approximately $201,360. The first five floors of Celani and Fabiano Halls will be receiving fresh carpet, as will the call centers of Foust Hall and the Alumni House. The installation of new carpet in all four areas will be finished by Jan. 9. The total cost of these installations is $150,000. Facilities Management will also continue work on the “two ongoing projects, CMED Phase 1 and the Biosciences Building,” Lawrence said. Crews will continue pouring concrete for the 169,000 square-foot Biosciences Building through the remainder of the year. Depending on
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weather conditions for which winterization measures have been taken, the project will remain on schedule and is expected to be complete in fall of 2016, at the cost of $95 million. Construction of the College of Medicine’s Saginaw building will continue, with crews “focusing on painting and flooring” at Covenant HealthCare for the month of break, Lawrence said. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in May 2015 and will cost an estimated $25 million. The Staples Recital Hall and the Percussion Studio in the Bovee University Center will be upgraded for better acoustics, costing $274,000. Also new in the Bovee University
Center, storage in 104J and 200J will be receive $20,000 in upgrades. The second floor of Wightman Hall will feature a merchandising lab in Room 226 for apparel merchandising and design students to be completed by the end of summer 2015. Asbestos was found underneath floor tiles in the room. However building manager and chair of the department of Human Environmental Studies Megan Goodwin said air quality meets standard expectations. The construction will cost $360,000. “It will be a place where they can design and do similar merchandising types of activities they will experience in the workforce,” Goodwin said.
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campus POLICE Student struck by vehicle on campus A student pedestrian was struck by a passenger vehicle at the intersection near the North Arts Studio and Bovee University Center around 3:15 p.m., Thursday. According to Central Michigan University Police Department, a 25-year-old male driving south on Washington St. completed a stop at the intersection and proceeded to make a right-hand turn onto westbound Preston St. The driver struck a 20-year-old female pedestrian walking south down Washington St. The pedestrian was taken by ambulance to McLaren Hospital in Mount Pleasant. Her injuries are not life threatening, according to CMUPD. The woman was conscious and alert when she was transported to the hospital. The driver of the vehicle was not issued a citation by police. Andrew Surma, Staff Reporter
UNIVERSITY DEAN recognized at white house for efforts on expanding college access
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Dean of the Education and Human Services college, Elizabeth Dale-Pehrsson, was welcomed to the White House today to represent the university in acknowledging campus-wide efforts to extend college opportunities to all students. Pehrsson is taking place in the College Opportunity Day of Action that is hosted by President Barack Obama, Elizabeth DaleVice Pehrsson President Joe Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama. In January, the President and First Lady met with several college presidents and education leaders to discuss expanded college access. The focus will be centered on promoting completion of school, increasing college readiness and increasing the number of college graduates in Science, technology, Engineering and mathematics fields. CMU was able to participate due the Camp Central for College Candidates, where 50 seventh grade students were able to experience life on campus while studying STEM activities. The campers participated in hands-on experiences while the university’s staff, faculty and teacher education students delivered STEM learning styles. Lexi Carter, Staff Reporter
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