It’s On Us 2021!
It’s On Us Fall Week of Action is happening next month! Stay tuned for updates on Instagram @itsonus_msu2021
It’s On Us Fall Week of Action is happening next month! Stay tuned for updates on Instagram @itsonus_msu2021
MSU Inidan Student Organization and Indian graduate students from various departments and colleges along with alumni at Michigan State University (MSU) have come together to raise awareness and support for the Covid-19 crisis happening right now in India. They have created a fundraiser to support the great work of five reputable non-profits, whose staff and volunteers are risking their lives to help Covid 19 patients and communities affected by the crisis.
Any donation amount is welcomed and will help support families and communities ravaged by the ongoing pandemic.
For more details of the organizations that we are supporting and payment link to the fundraiser, please visit – https://gofund.me/7b8b7bbc
February 9, 2021 – Members of the Multicultural Center (MCC) Feasibility Study Steering and Planning Committee and contracted consultants hosted a community engagement session to on February 9th to present the progress since the project’s inception. Read more about the project and this meeting here.
COGS is excited to announce that Renée Wilmot has been named to the new position of Director of Equity and Anti-Discrimination (DoEA). Resolution 20-FS-13 (approved by Full Council on 11.18.20) established this new executive board position which will serve as liaison to graduate/professional student affinity groups, and Chair of the Equity and Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Renée Wilmot is a third-year doctoral student in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education program. She studies the historical legacy of Black women as educators and activists in the Black community as well as Black girls‘ practices of thriving, resistance, and healing within white supremacist schooling structures. Renée earned a Master’s in Education from Boston College in Secondary English Education with a focus in Urban Education. In her undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, she majored in English Literature and African and African-American Studies.
COGS is excited to have Renee join COGS in its mission to actively support equity, inclusion and anti-discrimination at MSU.
January 29, 2021
“This ordinance will provide our police officers with the continued ability to write tickets for violations of public health orders, including the current gathering limits that have been put into place for the health and safety of community members,” said East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas. “With a new, more contagious variant of COVID-19 detected in our state, it is more important than ever to be vigilant. That means continuing to wear a mask, practice safe physical distancing, avoid gatherings and practice regular hand washing.”
Community members are reminded of the following public health and emergency orders:
Read the full Press Release.
January 20, 2021 – Read the latest Legislative Letters from the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.
December 14, 2020 – Read the latest Legislative Letters from the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.
November 23, 2020 – Read the latest Legislative Letters from the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.
See this link for 2020 Election-related Events: 2020VOTING!!
This is a temporary resource launched by the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives in collaboration with Academic Advancement Network, IDEA Coordinators, Office of Civil Rights, Office of Institutional Equity, Counseling and Psychiatric Services, Student Services, and Global and Intercultural Learning.
In their October 14, 2020 full council meeting, The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) passed, by unanimous vote, a statement condemning the proposed DHS F/J Visas Policy. The statement was unanimously approved by the COGS Full Council in response to the proposed rule: “Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media” (Federal Register Number 2020-20845). It will be submitted as a public comment and distributed to the MSU congressional delegation.
COGS encourages MSU graduate and professional students to submit their own public comment at https://beta.regulations.gov/document/ICEB-2019-0006-0001 by the October 25, 2020 deadline.
You can see a pdf of the full COGS statement HERE.
The Council of Graduate Students is the authorized student government on campus representing all graduate/professional students at Michigan State University. Our mission is to promote the academic, social, and economic goals of graduate and professional students.
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