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COGS Workshop: Staying Motivated and Finding Purpose

Motivation and Persistence in Graduate School.  One of the most difficult things about graduate school is having to sustain high levels of motivation for a very long time.  If you are feeling your motivation fading and aren’t sure how to keep going, you are not alone!  In this workshop, we will talk about specific strategies to build and/or recover sustainable structures of motivation in your life.

Join us for practical tips and engaging discussions! Workshop is facilitated by Meg Akehi from MSU Counseling and Psychiatry Services (CAPS). Lunch will be provided. RSVP is appreciated: http://bit.ly/2m2auDJ

October 11, 12:30-2:00 pm in Chittenden Hall, Room 110

Zoom link for remote viewing below:

https://msu.zoom.us/j/765300290

Contact the COGS Office with questions: office@cogs.msu.edu

 

 

 

COGS Annual Detroit Tiger Trip is April 7th. Tickets Go on Sale March 18th at Noon.

COGS will soon be hosting their annual trip to Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers’ Opening

Weekend! Join your fellow graduate and professional students on Sunday, April 7th for some Detroit Tigers Vs. Kansas City Royals action! Game time is 1:10 pm.  Cost is $25 and includes: game ticket, round-trip charter bus transportation from MSU campus, and a food voucher.

 

Tickets go on sale March 18th at Noon. We have a total of 100 tickets available for purchase, first-come, first-served. Sale ends when the last ticket is sold. Limit 2 tickets per transaction.

 

To purchase, please go to our website Events tab: http://cogs.msu.edu/news/upcoming-events/ and click on the “COGS Storefront” link.

CAMPUS-WIDE STUDENT ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN REOPENED – VOTE through 5 pm on April 1oth!

The State News and IMPACT radio tax referenda will reopen at 5:00 p.m. today (Monday, April 9, 2018) and will close at 5:00 p.m. (Tuesday, April 10, 2018).

There are issues that affect graduate and professional students:

1) Impact 89FB Radio – Tax Referendum. This is something the Council of Graduate Students has approved, and it’s now put to the university. This is a vote to renew the same $3 tax we’ve had in the past for the radio station.

2) State News Tax Referendum. The State News wants to increase their tax on each student (including grads) from $5 to $7.50. NOTE: This one only applies to grad/professional students enrolled in at least 6 credit hours.

You can vote here: studentelections.msu.edu

GPSAW – Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week Events Announced

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 6:05 pm April 3rd .  Includes popcorn and soda voucher.  Purchase by clicking on the link at COGS Storefront on the Events page.  Once you purchase, your name will be on our check in list.  Please come to NCG Cinema at Eastwood Town Center in Lansing on 4/3.  COGS will have a check in table near the main ticketing area where you will check in and get your tickets.  COGS will be there by  5:30 pm

Wednesday, April 4 – Wings Wednesday GPSAW style!  Come to Harrison Roadhouse  from 6pm to 8:30pm and enjoy free wings/appetizer buffet and unwind with your grad/prof student peers.  Must register to get on list for entry as space is limited.  Click on COGS storefront link on the Events page.

Thursday, April 5 – Relax! 15-minute Massages from 4 pm to 6 pm at Chittenden Hall Lounge.  Please note Koru Mindfulness Workshop has been cancelled.

Friday, April 6 – Foodie Friday!   Eat-at-State Food Truck will be outside Chittenden Hall from 11:00 am  to 1:30pm – offering $6.00 combo to Graduate & Professional students!   Hungry for dessert?  Stop by the COGS  office (Rm 120 in Chittenden Hall) on 4/6 for a FREE Dairy Store 1-scoop ticket!  Limit 1 per grad/prof. student. Available until gone.  Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm.

Saturday, April 7 – Free Skate at Munn! Check in at the Pro Shop and let them know you’re with COGS GPSAW week, show your MSU ID and show a copy of the GPSAW logo  for free admission (families welcome). If you have a COGS bracelet, that works too!  Don’t have a COGS bracelet?  Stop by the COGS office and get one.  The COGS bracelet also gets grad/professional students half off wings every Wednesday, all day.

Jorge Cham, creator of PhD Comics held Seminar on Procrastination

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.

 

Six graduate and professional students awarded at Graduate Academic Conference

The 9th annual Graduate Academic Conference (GAC) attracted a sea of students to the MSU Union on Feb 25. The conference is held annually in an effort to showcase the work that students have accomplished in their field and diversify the knowledge of attendees. Six graduate and professional students were awarded for oral and poster presentations given throughout the day. The 2017 GAC winners are:

Best Overall Oral Presentation – Qingwu Meng
First Runner-Up Oral Presentation – Ashley Melnick
Second Runner-Up Oral Presentation – Alyssa Harben

Best Overall Poster Presentation – Gabriella Gilfoy
First Runner-Up Poster Presentation – Tao Deng
Second Runner-Up Poster Presentation – Christian Henry

The Council of Graduate students would like to congratulate all presenters for their efforts in showcasing their work.

 

Destress and Rest Kits assembled to ease end-of-year stress

Members of the executive board and full council, along with the COGS office staff worked diligently to complete 7,200 end-of-semester “Destress and Rest Kits” intended for distribution to graduate and professional students. Packs featured eye masks embellished with the COGS logo, coloring books, crayons and KIND bars. The KIND Corporation donated 7,200 bars, one for each pack, to COGS after hearing about their effort to spread kindness and stress relief to graduate students during finals week. Graduate and professional students shared photos of their artwork during finals week in the coloring books provided by COGS.

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