COGS Storefront
The following link can be used to purchase all COGS tickets and service items available to Graduate and Professional Students at MSU. These include Wharton Center tickets and other special events throughout the year. Items will be added as they become available.
COGS Updates Email List
COGS sends regular email updates of news & events during Fall and Spring to the departments and colleges for sharing out to graduate & professional students. If you would like to receive these emails directly to your inbox, please fill out this form. https://bit.ly/COGS-EVENTS
NEW! Subscribe to COGS Social Events Calendar!
Get COGS Events right on your calendar! Subscribe today!
Subscribe to the COGS social events calendar by the following steps:
Go to your outlook app ⇒ go to calendar (in mobile app, it’s at the bottom pane)
⇒ Select “Add Calendar”/“Add Shared Calendars” (in mobile app, click on calendar icon on the top left, then click the +)
⇒ Enter the email “doe@cogs.msu.edu” (make sure you are using your MSU account) and press enter.
Save The Date: COGS Fall Welcome Celebration is Saturday August 23, 2025
COGS Fall Welcome: Saturday, August 23rd from 12PM to 3PM @Benefactors Plaza
Come celebrate new beginnings with us in August! After exploring the Graduate School Welcome & Resource Fair from 10am to Noon at the MSU Union, make your way over to Benefactors Plaza (behind Chittenden Hall) for the COGS Fall Welcome Celebration. Join COGS, The Graduate School and other campus partners for an in-person, outdoor afternoon of fun, friends, good food, games, music and more! Make sure to participate in this year’s scavenger hunt for even more fun and prizes! Keep an eye out for details here: FALL WELCOME EVENTS
Coffee & Connection
Join us for Coffee & Connection: Fall 2025!
Network with your peers across disciplines! Come hang out with COGS and enjoy some morning treats! We hold this event approx twice monthly and alternate between various locations on campus and off campus. That way you can check out different spaces in your campus community. We hope to see you!
Coming Up: Tuesday, September 9th – from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Location: MSU Horticulture Gardens – North Gardens, Conservatory
Map to Gardens
Visit the website: https://www.canr.msu.edu/hrt/our_gardens/
We look forward to connecting with you this fall!
COGS Tailgates: Join us 9/6 and 10/11!
MSU V. Boston College: Saturday, September 6th from 4PM to 6PM
MSU V. UCLA (Homecoming): Saturday, October 11th from 9AM to 11AM
Chittenden Hall (front lawn)
Celebrate Spartan Spirit with your fellow graduate & professional students! Free for grad & professional students and their accompanied guests. We’ll have food and soft drinks, games and music to enjoy. Come and experience an iconic MSU Game Day with friends!
TOUR THE FRIB WITH COGS!
Friday, September 19, 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.