Other Participant Forms

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• Permission Form to Drive or Commute Independently
• Pick-up/Drop-off Permission Form
• Equipment Use & Statement of Responsibility Form

These forms are for special circumstances. Workshop participants do not need to complete these forms UNLESS they apply to your situation.

Please contact the MIPA office at 517-353-6761 or email ask@mipamsu.org if you have any questions.

Permission to Drive or Commute Independently

To help ensure the safety of our participants, the normal policy of the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association is that our youth participants may not drive to, from or on campus. However, we do not want to preclude any participant from the workshop experience if a parent or guardian is unable to drive them to Michigan State.

This form must be completed prior to the start of the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop by the parent/guardian listed as the youth participant’s emergency contact to allow the participant to drive independently to and from our program.

Participants who drive will be charged a $10 parking fee and must agree to follow a special set of rules (summarized on the permission form).

You may complete this form online, or download and print it to return by mail or fax. After completing the form, please pay the parking fee below.

Complete Permission to Drive or Commute Form electronically

Form requires the signature of a parent or guardian.

• Complete the Permission or Drive/Commute Form electronically here via SignNow

Complete Permission to Drive or Commute Form by mail or fax

• Download the Permission or Drive/Commute Form to return by mail or fax (PDF)

Pay Parking Fee

After completing the driver permission form, please pay the $10 parking fee. This fee helps us offset the added administrative costs of supervising youth participant drivers. Payment by check to MIPA may be mailed to the address below.

Pick-up/Drop-off Permission Form

This form must be completed prior to the start of the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop by the parent/guardian listed as the youth participant’s emergency contact for any of the following instances:

• The participant’s parents/guardians wish for the participant to be excused from the program prior to its scheduled conclusion
• The participant’s parents/guardians have arranged for the participant to be temporarily checked out of the program for another event (scheduled family gathering, medical appointment, dining off-site with a family member, etc.)
• The participant’s parents/guardians have arranged for a specified adult other than the participants parents/guardians to take responsibility for the participant during the youth program’s drop-off process
• The participant’s parents/guardians have arranged for a specified adult other than the participants parents/guardians to take responsibility for the participant during the youth program’s pick-up process
• The participant will be picked up/dropped off daily by a designated adult rather than staying in the residence hall overnight.
• The participant will be riding as a passenger in a vehicle driven by another youth participant to or from the program.

Please indicate on the form which of these situations apply. Provide information about pick-up and drop-off times and/or adults other than the parent or legal guardian who has permission to take responsibility for the youth participant.

The participant will receive instructions about MIPA’s checkout and check-in procedures and must follow this process when leaving or returning to our program.

You may complete this form online, or download and print it to return by mail or fax

Complete Pick-up/Drop-off Permission Form electronically

Form requires the signature of a parent or guardian.

• Complete the Pick-up/Drop-off Permission/Release of Responsibility Form electronically here via SignNow

Complete Pick-up/Drop-off Permission Form by mail or fax

• Download the Pick-up/Drop-off Permission/Release of Responsibility Form to return by mail or fax (PDF)

Equipment Use & Statement of Responsibility Form

MIPA and our partner organizations provide specialized equipment for youth participant use during the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop. Youth participants who choose to use this equipment must submit this form, signed by a parent/guardian AND by the youth participant, prior to the start of the program.

Participants in the following courses should complete this form:

• Broadcast News
• Sports Broadcasting

Complete Equipment Use Form electronically

Form requires both the signature of a parent or guardian AND the youth participant

• Complete the Equipment Use form electronically here via SignNow

Complete Equipment Use Form by mail or fax

• Download the Equipment Use form to return by mail or fax (PDF)

Return Forms by Mail or Fax

Mail completed forms to:

Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
404 Wilson Road, Room 305
East Lansing, MI 48824

Fax: 517-355-7710