Attention: Graduate Students new GSO QT-Grad
QT-Grad is a newly revived organization which strives to connect queer and trans graduate students from all areas of campus to facilitate community building, mentorship, and professional development. If you are interested in being a part of the organization, please attend the community meeting on March 19th at 5pm! (contact Riley Pizza for the zoom information). The meeting will include writing the group’s constitution and working on the details of becoming a Registered Student Organization.
Serena Lotreck (lotrecks@msu.edu), President
Kayla Makela (makelaka@msu.edu), Vice President
Riley Pizza (pizzaril@msu.edu), Secretary
COGS Spring Craft Night March 4th
March 4, 2021 – 6:30-7:30 PM (EST) via Zoom
Join COGS and Broad for a Spring Craft Night! Come learn how to make Sharpie tie-dye totes bags
from your own home. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom details: http://bit.ly/SpringCraftNight
All event participants that stay for the entire event can submit their receipts for reimbursements to the COGS office. An explanation will be given at the end of the event on how to do this. Below is a link to the materials list that you will need to participate.
RSVP Link: http://bit.ly/SpringCraftNight
MSU Asian Pacific American Studies Program presents: The Kamala Harris Era?
MSU Asian Pacific American Studies Program presents:
The Kamala Harris Era? Asian/Black/Biracial Identities, Communities, and Politics
Friday, February 19, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/6966956963
Password: Kamala
This panel explores emerging race & gender relations in the era of Kamala Harris in both national and international contexts. Please join Edward T. Chang (UC Riverside), Shreena Gandhi (MSU), Nitasha Tamar Sharma (Northwestern), and Sitara Thobani (MSU) for engaging conversation.
COGS Full Council Meeting January 20, 2021 @ 6:30PM EST
Email us for zoom link: office@cogs.msu.edu
COGS 2021 Yoga Series with Rec Sports & Fitness
Join COGS and Recreational Sports and Fitness Services for an evening yoga class to relax after a stressful few weeks! Starting January 21st we are offering monthly Yoga sessions free of charge for graduate & professional students. See RSVP link below to register and receive link . Invite your friends! All you need to participate is an open space, water, and a towel/mat. Thank you to Graduate Student Life & Wellness for co-sponsoring this series!
*Note: Same link will work for all sessions. If you RSVP for one session, you will receive reminder emails for all sessions, so no need to RSVP more than once.
COGS 2021 Yoga Series:
6:45 pm- 7:45 pm EST via Zoom
January 21
February 11
March 11
April 8
RSVP Link : http://bit.ly/COGSYOGA1
Hack Your Budget: A Personal Finance Workshop for Graduate School
Wednesday January 27, 2021 6:00 PM EST
Free Virtual Workshop presented by COGS and Graduate Student Life & Wellness
*Registration closed 1.24.21
When it comes to balancing their budgets, grad students and postdocs usually try to pack as much value into as little spending as possible. This immensely practical workshop will show you how to “hack” your budget by decreasing spending in key necessary areas and implementing tricks to make your budget more effective. Attendees submit their spending data on housing, utilities, transportation, and food in advance through a survey, which will be emailed with the registration confirmation. The first part of the workshop is a presentation and discussion on this crowdsourced data, during which attendees share with one another their strategies and insights. The second part of the workshop is a short presentation of effective budgeting strategies to speed progress toward financial goals.
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 graduate students and PhDs on her podcast; serves as a money coach; and creates courses and workshops on taxes, investing, and more. Emily holds a PhD in biomedical engineering from Duke University and lives in southern California with her husband and two children.
