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.
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Graduate School Events Calendar
Coffee & Connection
Join us for Coffee & Connection:
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!
Next Date TUES, Sept. 15 from 9:30AM to 10:30AM
Location: MSU Union, Strange Matter Coffee
We look forward to connecting with you this semester!
TOUR THE FRIB WITH COGS!
Date: Friday, September 18, 2025 at 2PM.
REGISTER HERE
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 is 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!)
More Information:
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). You must check in at the desk and be on the tour list to participate.
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.
Come to a COGS Tailgate!
Spend football Saturday with COGS this fall! Games, food, friends and fun! We’ll be having two tailgates on the front lawn of Chittenden hall:
No registration needed. Free for all graduate & professional students and their accompanied guests. See you there!
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 20th! 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. 20, 2026
Location: MSU Sailing Center
5918 Shaw Street Haslett, MI 48840
Session 1: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Session 2: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Phone number for MSU Sailing Center: (517) 339-8269
Bonus! Feel free to explore Lake Lansing Parks area while you’re there!
Visit Abrams Planetarium with COGS!
Planetarium Night with COGS: Thursday, November 5th, 2026 at 7 PM
COGS invites you to experience Abrams Planetarium with us on November 5th with an exclusive show, just for you! 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: Bad Astronomy: Myths & Misconceptions (See the TRAILER)
Event is free of charge. No pre-registration needed, but in the event that (140) capacity is reached, attendance is first-come, first-served. Event is reserved for MSU graduate & professional students and their accompanied guests.
Find out more about Abrams Planetarium here: www.abramsplanetarium.org