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The following link can be used to purchase all COGS tickets and service items available to Graduate and Professional Students at MSU.  These include Wharton Center tickets and other special events throughout the year. Items will be added as they become available.

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COGS sends regular email updates of news & events during Fall and Spring to the departments and colleges for sharing out to graduate & professional students. If you would like to receive these emails directly to your inbox, please fill out this form.  https://bit.ly/COGS-EVENTS

COGS Craft & Connection December 3rd!

Join us on Tuesday, December 3rd  for an extra special craft session together with our friends from The Graduate Office of Well-Being (GROW)! The featured project will be Origami – led by Dr. Meg Moore.  Join us for a relaxing and fun session as we head into the final week of fall semester!  We’ll have some lunch/ snacks to keep you going (while it lasts). Drop in and connect with your fellow grad/professional students over crafts!

When: Tuesday, December 3rd from 12:00 to 2:00 PM

Where: Chittenden Hall, Lounge (downstairs)

COGS Craft & Connection Event

COGS Coffee & Connection

We hope to see you at our next Coffee & Connection!

Details: Wednesday, December 4th – from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Location: Foster Coffee Co @ 196 Albert Street, East Lansing

We look forward to connecting with you!  

Coffee & Connection FS24 COGS Schedule

Virtual WORKSHOP: Quarterly Estimated Tax for Fellowship Recipients

COGS has partnered with Dr. Emily Roberts and Personal Finance for PhDs to offer this workshop for students on fellowships to learn how to manage quarterly taxes. A limited number of registrations will be available at a discounted cost through 12/15/24 (or until filled), for MSU graduate & professional students.

Please Note: This workshop is targeted to currently enrolled MSU graduate or professional students who are US citizens, permanent residents, and residents for tax purposes who are not having federal income tax withheld from their paychecks.

*DISCOUNTED COST: $10  – Available to the first 60, currently enrolled MSU Graduate or Professional Students to Register,  first-come, first-served, by December 15, 2024. You may be given other options to enroll if the discount program fills up. Full Retail Registration Cost: $34*

Discounted $10 Workshop Registration Link

More Details: Your stipend or salary is almost certainly considered taxable income by the IRS, even if your university does not withhold income tax from your paychecks. How can you prepare to pay your tax bill and stay on the IRS’s good side? Whether your objective is to save up for your eventual tax bill, avoid an underpayment penalty, or both, this workshop shows you how to accomplish it in a time-efficient manner. The Estimated Tax Worksheet in Form 1040-ES tells you definitively whether you are required to make estimated tax payments and how large your tax bill is this year, and this workshop walks you line-by-line through how to fill it out. The workshop also addresses the common scenarios that graduate/professional students face, such as switching on to or off of fellowship mid-calendar year and being married to someone who has automatic income tax withholding.  Dr. Emily Roberts is a personal finance educator specializing in early-career PhDs. Through her business, Personal Finance for PhDs, she equips graduate students, postdocs, and PhDs with “real jobs” to make the most of their money. She gives seminars at universities and for associations; interviews PhDs on her podcast; and creates courses and workshops on taxes, investing, and more. Emily holds a PhD in biomedical engineering from Duke University and lives in San Diego with her husband and two children.

Format: This is a largely asynchronous workshop. Upon registering, you will receive your login information over email. After logging in to the workshop, you can immediately access the modules (videos with transcripts) and spreadsheet. You also have the ability to receive answers to your questions by attending a live Q&A call or submitting a question in writing. The recordings and transcripts of the calls and answers to submitted questions are added to the workshop within about a week.   Currently scheduled (LIVE) events: Live Q&A call on 11/14/2024. (Others may be scheduled later).

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Ice Skating With COGS – Sat. February 8th!

Join us at the Munn Ice Arena for some fun on the ice! Free for all graduate and professional students & their accompanied guests. Skate rentals included.

Saturday, February 8th, 2025

7:30-9:30 PM