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 Spring 2026! New Time: 9:30-10:30AM
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: Wednesday, February 11th
Location: Hooked (bookstore in Lansing) – 3142 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing MI 48912
Website: https://hookedlansing.com/
We look forward to connecting with you this semester!
Ice Skating With COGS – February 14th 2026!
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 14th, 2026
6:30-8:30 PM
Graduate Resource Workshop Series 2026
The COGS Graduate Resource Series is a virtual workshop series presented by the Graduate Welfare Committee. Each session connects graduate & professional students with vital campus resources through informal, expert discussions, and provides impactful insights, interactive Q&A opportunities, and practical guidance for student success and well-being.
TIME : 2PM-3PM EST
Workshop Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/96062651851
*Same for all dates!
18th Annual COGS Graduate Academic Conference (GAC)
Saturday, February 21, 2026 @ MSU Union
Register HERE to ATTEND!
The GAC is a forum for graduate students to gain experience communicating their research to a non-specialized audience. Our adjudicators are MSU Alums (many graduate school alums!) with wide-ranging professional backgrounds who provide feedback that can help students fine tune their presentation skills.
The annual GAC is the result of hard work and planning by our all-graduate & professional student committee. Want to volunteer? Send us an email to office@cogs.msu.edu.
As a presenter, you will benefit from constructive feedback that will help you learn to better communicate your research to generalized audiences as you progress in your research. You will also be able to network with your peers across disciplines as well as with your audience of judges and other interested professionals attending the conference! *Abstracts to present are now closed.
As an attendee, you will be able to view the great work being done by student researchers as well as have access to workshops geared to help all graduate/professional students!
Attendees will be able to take part in all the GAC activities during the conference, including Panel discussion/workshop, keynote lunch, resource tables, professional head shots and more. Full schedule for the day’s activities will be posted soon. Please visit COGS.MSU.EDU/GAC/ for details and updates. And don’t forget to register!
Virtual WORKSHOP: Quarterly Estimated Tax for Fellowship Recipients
SPECIAL: Sign Up Now and you’ll also have access to the 2026 version for next year’s taxes!
COGS has partnered with Dr. Emily Roberts and Personal Finance for PhDs again this year 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 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: $5 – open to currently enrolled MSU Graduate or Professional Students to Register, first-come, first-served, until all spots are filled. You may be given other options to enroll if the discount program fills up. Full Retail Registration Cost: $34*
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.
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.
Discounted $5 Workshop Registration Link