What COGS Does

DWhat COGS DOES

COGS was created by the 45th Senate in the 1993-1994 academic year to represent the interests of all graduate and professional students in issues pertaining to grad life, services, & academics. COGS works to ensure greatest participation by grad students in governance of and policy development for FSU.

In this capacity, we provide an offi cial voice through which the opinions of grad students may be expressed. Usually expressed by COGS via Resolutions voted on by Assembly in our bi-monthly meetings. Finally, each year SGA provides COGS with a budget; it is a portion of Activities & Service (A&S) fees paid by all grad students (30% of A&S fees). Our responsibility to manage COGS funds and to allocate as we see fi t to best benefi t grad students across campus.

The COGS Advisor assists the Congress with better understanding SGA Statues, COGS Code, university policy, and best practices for outreach, collaboration, and advocacy. The COGS Advisor is also a vital connection and support for building awareness of campus resources and the organizational programming process.. The advisor is also a great person to ask questions about what you are working on in committees! An excellent practice is to Cc the advisor anytime you are reaching out to someone out of the Congress when conducting COGS business. They can support you with your goals!