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Humans of MIPA

July 28, 2015 by Sean Vichinsky 1 Comment

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 campus. As you spend your week here at Michigan State, take a look at some of the amazing profiles behind the people that you may be attending class or eating lunch … [Read more...] about Humans of MIPA

MIPA Journalists Settle Into Dorm Life at MSU

July 27, 2015 by Sean Vichinsky Leave a Comment

By Sean Vichinsky Just hours into the first night of the annual MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop, many students attending the program have found it rather easy to get accustomed to dorm life at Michigan State. Though students spend five days away from home at MSU's Shaw Hall during the program, to many it feels simply like a small jog away from home. Wilson … [Read more...] about MIPA Journalists Settle Into Dorm Life at MSU

I scream, you scream, MIPA screams for ice cream!

August 7, 2014 by Kyla Wright 2 Comments

If you haven't by now, you need to check out the MSU Dairy Store before leaving campus this afternoon. It'll make you never want to go to Baskin Robbins again. It's a dairy lover's paradise! Ice cream, shakes, floats, cheese...you name it, it's there. The smell of  right-of-the stove waffles being turned into cones hits you right when you walk through the door. The Dairy Store … [Read more...] about I scream, you scream, MIPA screams for ice cream!

What was the funniest/strangest thing that happened to you at MIPA?

August 7, 2014 by Mila Murray Leave a Comment

“We went upstairs to get my friends ukulele to take a picture with the Stitch stuffed animal but when we came back he was gone. Some kids were taking him away and said ‘it’s our opinion that you won’t find him!’ It was weird.” Katherine Wolf   “I heard girls screaming in the hallway outside my room ‘THERE’S A FLYING COCKROACH’ so I had to kill it with my friends … [Read more...] about What was the funniest/strangest thing that happened to you at MIPA?

Students of MIPA

August 6, 2014 by Megan Pisarczyk Leave a Comment

Inspired by the “Humans of New York” project run by Brandon Stanton, five MIPA participants were randomly selected and shared some facts about themselves. They also contributed their favorite song to go along with the Mipapalooza music-based theme. This is a follow up to the first and second Students of MIPA posts from Aug. 4, 2014 and Aug. 5, 2014.   Alissa … [Read more...] about Students of MIPA

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