Campaign to Organize Graduate Students
This semester, Spring 2020, COGS is launching a No Fees for Employees! campaign. Since our founding, in 1996, COGS has always fought for a 100% fees scholarship, because no one should have to pay to work. Our members have achieved a 50% fees scholarship, that covers all fees that the University labels as “mandatory.” But … Read more
By President, Michael Goldberg Contact Michael at [email protected] When I was an undergraduate student here at the University of Iowa, COGS was in its infancy. Less than ten years old, the full tuition stipend hadn’t yet been won, and graduate students were still paying all of their fees. I remember seeing actions, reading op-eds, and … Read more
By Press and Publicity Chair, Lizzy Handschy Contact Lizzy at [email protected] In August of 2015, just days after I began graduate school here at the University of Iowa, I read a Facebook post from a friend who, at the time, was a PhD student at the University of Missouri. She stated that graduate students at … Read more