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.
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.
COGS Grad Paddle Event – Fall Edition
Graduate & Professional Students: It’s back by popular demand! Try your hand at paddle sports FREE with COGS at the MSU Sailing Center on Sunday, September 21st! COGS is hosting TWO SESSIONS of paddle sports & sailing demos, no experience needed! The Sailing Center staff will be there to help you. *No pre-registration is needed, but event is strictly First-Come, First-Served, accommodating up to 30 paddlers (per available equipment) at each session. *Please arrive at least 15 minutes ahead of desired session to check in, sign the required liability waiver, and be fitted with safety gear. Please dress appropriately for the temp and the weather, and prepare to get wet.
*If you arrive after the session is started, you may be required to wait until sailing staff is able to assist or attend a different session.
COGS Grad Paddle Event – Fall Edition!
SUNDAY, Sept. 21st
Location: MSU Sailing Center
5918 Shaw Street Haslett, MI 48840
Session 1: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Session 2: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Phone number for MSU Sailing Center: (517) 339-8269
Bonus! Feel free to explore Lake Lansing Parks area while you’re there!