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I am Central: Homecoming Ambassador nominee Junior • Communications Vincent Thurman Favorite Homecoming tradition? The CMU Rock Rally. I go every year. When I was a freshman, I helped lead cheers for it and I was so nervous until the crowd started to go crazy. The feeling of getting the crowd and the team to "Fire up" because of you was amazing. It's something I will never forget. What does 'Fire Up' mean to you? "It's that underlying value that once you're a CMU Chippewa, you're always a CMU Chippewa." Is that something that you see? I was in Kentucky and waved to a guy wearing a CMU shirt. I had the urge to yell 'Fire up!' He looked at me, put his fist in the air, and said 'Fire up, Chips!' Now that's what I call camaraderie. It's everywhere." As a CMU Leadership Institute student, what do you do to foster camaraderie? I want to inspire people; get them thinking and talking. A focus of mine is on the education system. I'm the K-12 program coordinator for the Leadership Institute. And I am working with faculty member Adam Barragato on a book about how student learning and teaching styles are changing. I'm a junior working on a book. How cool is that? You are nominated as a Homecoming Ambassador. How do you show CMU spirit? I try to be involved in as much as I can – Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Comfort Zone Organization and Leadership Camp. I love learning and that is something that I never want to stop doing. I am a part of CMU. And through Central, I am a part of the world. That's what CMU spirit is all about. • 40 centralight fall '12

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