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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.

Art Supplies Needed

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 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

 

Spring Yoga Series Flyer

 

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.

Photo of Dr. Emily Roberts

 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.

COGS Social Media Study Break

Congratulations Lauren Raycraft! You are our final $50 winner of the

Social Media Study Break Challenge! 

Thank you to all those who participated during finals week of Fall Semester 2020! Happy New Year!! Stay tuned for more fun during 2021!

 

Social Media Study Break Final Wrap Up Announcement

 

COGS Social Media Study Break – 12/14-12/18

Brainstorming ways to succeed during this finals season? Want to be entered in a drawing for a $25 e-gift card for sharing your tips with other grad & professional students?

There are many ways to set oneself up for success through healthy, mindful practice. This may take the form of having relaxing tunes to listen to while working or taking a moment to reflect on your favorite pet. By sharing the strategies that work for you, you will be entered into a drawing for an e-gift card from the below list of local and national companies. We hope you can use these gift cards to support your mental wellness with self-care products like coffee or a yummy meal.

To be eligible, respond to that day’s prompt by commenting/posting a picture on one of our social media pages. If you do, you will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card, your choice from the below list. Each day at 8:30 pm, we will use a random list generator to select 3 winners (1 across each platform: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram). Winners will be notified by reply and asked to email the office at office@cogs.msu with their name, MSU email address, and preferred gift card option.  office will verify your grad/professional student status because you must be a current grad/professional student to win.

NOTE TO INSTAGRAM USERS: If you have an account that is set to private and we don’t follow you, we may NOT be able see photos you post, even if you tag us (@cogsmsu or #COGS). If that is the case, please comment “follow me” in the comment section of our post (such as cute pet Wednesday). That way we know to follow you so we can see your tag.

Grad and professional students that participate in 3 or more of the 5 days will be entered into the final drawing for a $50 e-gift card for the below options!

E-gift card options will include:

Local options:

  • Downtown East Lansing: can get a $25 gift card to use at 24 different small businesses in East Lansing
    The same gift card can be used across participating locations (e.g., you can spend $5 at one place and $20 at another) https://app.yiftee.com/gift-card/east-lansing
  • Saddleback BBQ
  • Green Dot Stables
  • Maru Sushi

National options:

Be well this finals season! We’re looking forward to learning your tips this week!

COGS Graduate Welfare Committee