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Visit Abrams Planetarium with COGS!

Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 at 7 PM!

COGS invites you to experience Abrams Planetarium with us on November 12th for a spring semester edition of our popular Night Under The Stars with COGS! Discover the wonders of Abrams Planetarium, located in the center of MSU’s campus, with a special FREE show just for MSU graduate and professional students and their accompanied guests. The planetarium hosts a wide range of public programming throughout the year for all ages. This is your chance to check it out!  Show lasts approximately 30 minutes and is followed by a 30 minute live presentation of the current evening sky.

Featured show: One Sky Project. One Sky Project is an international collaboration focused on increasing understanding about cultural and Indigenous astronomy, its historical and modern applications, and how our One Sky connects us all. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative‒organized around themes of “Finding Patterns” and developing tools, or as we say, “To Seek Far. 

Event is free of charge. No pre-registration needed, but in the event that (140) capacity is reached, attendance is first-come, first-served.

Find out more about Abrams Planetarium here: www.abramsplanetarium.org

COGS Planetarium Event 11.12.24

Graduate Professional Student Appreciation Week: April 1-5!

In addition to some great events with COGS this week, check out these great events hosted by The Graduate School!

EVENT DETAILS: https://grad.msu.edu/gpsaw

 

MSU Group Exercise Classes Weekly Schedule Change

PLEASE NOTE: All MSU Group Exercise classes will be canceled Sunday February 10th to Wednesday February 14th  to focus on Remembrance.

Please utilize this time to focus on yourself and your well being. Be sure to connect with MSU CAPS (Counseling and Psychiatric Services) if needed as well as the Reflective Spaces available on February 13th with counseling support from 9:00 am to 5:00pm at various locations.

Please check your email from the Office for Resource and Support Coordination for more information on these support activities and events.

Virtual WORKSHOP: Quarterly Estimated Tax for Fellowship Recipients

COGS has partnered with Dr. Emily Roberts and Personal Finance for PhDs to offer this workshop for students on fellowships to learn how to manage quarterly taxes. A limited number of registrations will be available at a discounted cost through 12/15/24 (or until filled), for MSU graduate & professional students.

Please Note: This workshop is targeted to currently enrolled MSU graduate or professional students who are US citizens, permanent residents, and residents for tax purposes who are not having federal income tax withheld from their paychecks.

*DISCOUNTED COST: $10  – Available to the first 60, currently enrolled MSU Graduate or Professional Students to Register,  first-come, first-served, by December 15, 2024. You may be given other options to enroll if the discount program fills up. Full Retail Registration Cost: $34*

Discounted $10 Workshop Registration Link

Flyer: COGS_GROW Tax Workshop 

 

More Details: Your stipend or salary is almost certainly considered taxable income by the IRS, even if your university does not withhold income tax from your paychecks. How can you prepare to pay your tax bill and stay on the IRS’s good side? Whether your objective is to save up for your eventual tax bill, avoid an underpayment penalty, or both, this workshop shows you how to accomplish it in a time-efficient manner. The Estimated Tax Worksheet in Form 1040-ES tells you definitively whether you are required to make estimated tax payments and how large your tax bill is this year, and this workshop walks you line-by-line through how to fill it out. The workshop also addresses the common scenarios that graduate/professional students face, such as switching on to or off of fellowship mid-calendar year and being married to someone who has automatic income tax withholding.  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 PhDs on her podcast; and creates courses and workshops on taxes, investing, and more. Emily holds a PhD in biomedical engineering from Duke University and lives in San Diego with her husband and two children.

Format: This is a largely asynchronous workshop. Upon registering, you will receive your login information over email. After logging in to the workshop, you can immediately access the modules (videos with transcripts) and spreadsheet. You also have the ability to receive answers to your questions by attending a live Q&A call or submitting a question in writing. The recordings and transcripts of the calls and answers to submitted questions are added to the workshop within about a week.   Currently scheduled (LIVE) events: Live Q&A call on 11/14/2024. (Others may be scheduled later).

COGS Back to School Social at Lansing Shuffle!

JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025! 

Let’s start out the new semester by getting social! Stop by the Lansing Shuffle and meet up with COGS and your fellow graduate & professional students. Find us in the Board Room and we’ll have some free appetizers (while they last), games and fun to share! You’ll have plenty of time to explore the space, try out a shuffleboard game,  as well as purchase the diverse food and beverage offerings too if you wish.

WHEN:  Friday, January 17, 2025  from 6PM – 8PM

WHERE: Lansing Shuffle  – 325 Riverfront Drive, Lansing, MI 48912

VISIT: lansingshuffle.com

 

 

TOUR THE FRIB WITH COGS!

Friday, January 31, 2025 at 2PM.   COGS invites you to come on out and explore with your graduate and professional student peers as we tour one of MSU’s points of pride! Join us for a fun and informative look at Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB).  Event is free. Registration required. (Kindly wait to register for the COGS tour if you are unsure of your schedule to reduce no shows/cancellations. Public tours are always available!)

REGISTER HERE

Getting to the (FRIB TOUR): Detailed instructions for arriving are here: https://frib.msu.edu/contact/visiting-frib.html. You can enter FRIB (640 S. Shaw Lane) at the lobby door in the curved glass section at the NW corner of the building (right next to Chemistry).

Interested in the FRIB, but can’t make this tour date?  No worries! You can reserve a spot on a tour at your convenience! Email:  visits@frib.msu.edu or call 517-908-7363  and request to be added to an upcoming tour date. They will help find a date that fits your schedule.

 

FRIB Tour COGS

Grad Student Social At Hooked

Stop by and say hello to COGS at the Hooked Grad Student Social! Representatives from COGS will be there with some giveaways (while they last).

When: April 11th  from 5PM to 10PM

Hooked Lansing: 3142 E. Michigan Ave.

Hooked Flyer

 

 

A Little Flow, Some Breath…A Yoga Workshop with COGS!

 

Date: Friday, February 7th

Time: 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Location: IM Circle – Room 218 (Dance Room)

COGS invites you to join us for a relaxing yoga and respiration session: “A Little Flow, Some Breath.” Recharge your body and mind alongside fellow graduate & professional students in a guided hour of movement and mindfulness. FREE event.  No experience required. Yoga mats provided (or you may bring your own). Wear comfortable clothing for movement. Must register to attend.

REGISTER HERE:  https://bit.ly/YOGACOGS

*Please bring your MSU ID to check in. *Registered guests of COGS do not need to have active rec sports memberships. Any graduate/professional student registered is welcome to attend!  Mention at the entrance of IM Circle that you are attending COGS Yoga workshop.

Trivia Night with COGS! *DATE CHANGE TO THURSDAY, APRIL 10th

When: THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH

Where: Harrison Roadhouse Pub  *MUST BE REGISTERED TO ATTEND

122 N. Harrison Rd.  (*Pub building is behind the restaurant)

Try your hand at trivia while hanging out with COGS and your graduate/professional student peers! Seating/Teams is groups of 4. (Larger/smaller groups will get to make new friends!)

Appetizers & soft drinks provided.

MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND.  Space is limited. Check-in onsite.

 

TRIVIA NIGHT REGISTRATION HERE

 

 

Ice Skating With COGS – Sat. February 8th!

Join us at the Munn Ice Arena for some fun on the ice! Free for all graduate and professional students & their accompanied guests. Skate rentals included.

Saturday, February 8th, 2025

7:30-9:30 PM