The Upstart

Students create squirt gun art at MIPA Summer Workshop

From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on July 31, the MIPA Summer Workshop team held a squirt gun painting activity for the students attending. The event tied in to the […]

MIPA allows students an inside look at the F-RIB

On July 31, two representatives from MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (F-RIB) visited the students at MIPA. They began with a simple introduction to what the F-RIB is and […]

Writing & Packaging students learn the basics of journalism

This week in the MIPA Writing & Packaging class, students ranging from from ages 11 to 17 are working with one another to learn the basics of journalism. Despite being […]

Watch: MSU Dairy Store cools down East Lansing

Dairy Store customers share their favorite things about Michigan State University’s famous ice cream and cheese store and its significance to East Lansing.   Transcript: Randy: They have flavors that […]

Storify: MIPA Volleyball battle on-going

By Arianna Smith     [View the story “MIPA Volleyball Battle On-going” on Storify]

MIPA students beat the heat with a Kiddie Pool Challenge

By Arianna Smith MIPA students beat the heat Tuesday evening on Shaw Terrace with the Kiddie Pool Challenge, a play on the bobbing-for-apples activity that incorporated gemstones, kiddie pools, and […]

Students in Bobby Hawthorne Experience get increasingly more challenging projects

The Bobby Hawthorne Experience is set apart from other offered courses at MIPA, as it is taught at a faster pace in an advanced journalistic setting. Hawthorne, the author of […]

Humans of MIPA

With an attendance of over three hundred high school students at this year’s MIPA Summer Workshop, MSU has also seen over three hundred new, unique backstories and histories arrive on […]

Jeremy Whiting goes behind the scenes

Jeremy Whiting, Executive Producer for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s (MIPA) 2014 summer workshop, can be seen running around campus, interviewing students from various class to compile a promotional video […]