Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Your week’s schedule

Orientation is on Sunday, June 24th at 4:00 p.m. and required for everyone. The workshop ends on Friday, June 29th at 1 p.m.

Students must register for one of 12 sequences in either newspaper or yearbook offered at the workshop. Advisers will be given a complete schedule of classes the first night. Only advisers will be free to design their own programs, selecting class sessions from one or more sequences, although they are encouraged to stay with one sequence to preserve continuity. Advisers will not be allowed to take part in either of the design sequences unless they have preregistered for the class. Advisers must register for one class on the registration form.

Dorm room arrangements

Participants will stay in Carman Hall, a Columbia University undergraduate dormitory. The rooms are arranged by suites of two rooms, each serving as a double, connected to a shared bathroom.

There must be one chaperone for 10-20 students in each delegation. Two chaperones must accompany groups of 21 or more students. The chaperone must be an adviser or adult (18 or older) who will be accountable for the group’s behavior.

CSPA will make reasonable attempts to arrange for their stay in a single room in Carman. Chaperones accompanying students may not be commuters. Chaperones may not take any participants out of the building after 10:00 p.m. CSPA staff members will be staying in the dorm to supervise and assist workshop participants. Curfew is at 10:00 p.m. and is strictly enforced.

How to register

FEE SCHEDULE

• Delegates (both students and advisers) registering for sequences and living with us on campus the fee is $1029.
• Delegates (both students and advisers) registering for sequences and commuting to Columbia each day the fee is $729.
• Chaperones (living with us on campus but NOT attending Workshop sequences OR the Broadway program) the fee is $669.

RESERVATIONS

To reserve a place for this year’s workshop, fill out the registration and medical consent forms and enclose with them a $525 nonrefundable deposit, postmarked by Monday, May 7th. The rest of the registration fee is due on Monday, June 4th. (Your registration will not be complete unless CSPA has received both forms and FULL payment.) No refunds will be granted after Monday, May 7th.

For those who have registered for any of the four (4) limited enrollment design classes, full payment of your registration fees by the June 4th deadline is expected. Design class participants who have not paid in full by the deadline risk losing their seat in the class to anyone placed on a waiting list that has paid their fees in full.

Check-in/out: where & when

Check-in will be from noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Carman Hall, located at 545 West 114th street, at the northeast corner of Broadway on the Columbia University campus. For those driving into the city, see the Summer Workshop: Travel Information section of our Web site.

Meals during the Workshop

Delegates are on their own for ALL meals (including snacks). For breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks, please consult the list of restaurants in the area that will be distributed in your registration packet.

First general session: Sun., 6/24/12

Orientation:
The first general session for all workshop participants will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. The workshop will continue with sessions until 7 p.m. that evening.

Awards Convocation:
The last session ends at 1 p.m. Check-out will take place on Friday, June 29th, from noon to 2:00 p.m. Any keys that are not returned will be billed to the individual, not the school. If an earlier check-out is needed, please notify CSPA so arrangements can be made.

Some parting words...

Workshop instructors are advisers with extensive teaching experience. All participants must make a serious commitment during the workshop.

No participant should leave the campus unless accompanied by an adviser or chaperone and a written note is given to the CSPA staff or emailed at cspa-meetings [at] columbia [dot] edu. Students are expected attend every class. Attendance will be taken.

This is not a vacation!

Download Forms

Click the PDF icon to download the interactive Summer Journalism Workshop Registration & Health Consent forms PDF document.