Catch GPSAW activities and specials each day! Stay tuned to COGS Facebook page for updates. Monday, April 2 and all week long, enjoy Sparty’s Coffee for Fifty Cents. Bring this COUPON to any Sparty’s April 2-6 to get this special. Tuesday, April 3 – Theatre Night! Purchase $5 ticket to NCG Cinema for Ready Player One at […]
COGS elected their 2018-2019 executive board during the March 21 Full Council meeting. COGS newly elected officials: President – Benjamin Burke, MSU Law Vice President of Internal Affairs – Diondra Straiton, Psychology Vice President of External Affairs – Danielle Kaminski, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Recording Secretary – Gloria Nzeka, Journalism Treasurer – Meagan Abel, […]
You can view the official statement here.
You can view the statement here.
Saturday, Feb. 10 from 10am to 2pm in 133D Erickson Hall. COGS held an Open Space Dialogue to address concerns, frustrations and/or ideas about issues of diversity. The Open Space format is designed to encourage discussion and dialogue toward producing recommendations for creating positive culture change at MSU.
COGS co-sponsored the Graduate Student and Postdoc’s Guide to Personal Finance Seminar on Friday, February 9th, 2018. Personal Finance for PhD’s Emily Roberts discussed the following: Values, goals, and strategies Budgeting Saving Emergency funds Targeted savings accounts Compound interest Investing Tax-advantaged retirement accounts Debt repayment Grad student pay and taxes To see a live stream of […]
KIND Snacks donated over 7,000 KIND bars to The Council of Graduate Students to complete this year’s end-of-semester De-stress & Rest Kits. COGS would like to thank KIND Snacks for their contribution to the wellness of graduate students during finals. This is the second year that KIND Snacks has donated to COGS.
December 1, 2017 — COGS is thrilled to congratulate Dee Jordan, COGS past president (2016-17), who has been selected as the MSU 2018 Excellence In Diversity Award, Individual Emerging Progress recipient! This prestigious award recognizes Dee’s extraordinary and exemplary contributions toward creating a more diverse and inclusive community. COGS is a better organization for her […]
A message from the GEU: The current tax plan passed by the House of Representatives includes a $1.5 trillion corporate tax cut and a giant tax hike on graduate students. Here at MSU, the average graduate employee makes less than $20,000 in gross pay each year. Under this new plan, 99% of graduate teaching assistants […]
The Council of Graduate Students, PHD Career Services, and the Graduate School are excited to brought Jorge Cham, renowned lecturer and the creator of PhD Comics, to MSU on Wednesday, November 15th. His presentation, The Power of Procrastination: Academic Life, Managing Stress, and Finding Motivation in Research, resonated with graduate and professional students.
