VP Communications: Zerui Zhang

Zerui is a first year Master of Information student at the University of Toronto, concentrating in Human Centered Data Science. Prior to graduation study, he earned his undergraduate degree at Rutgers University of Information Technology in the United States.

As VP Communications, Zerui looks forward to connect with you, and providing first-hand information about any ongoing and upcoming events within MISC. Zerui will make sure that you get everything about the event which you are interested in. Whenever you have question about an event, don’t hesitate and contact him.

Outside of school, the gym might be the place you can find Zerui. He is interested in many forms of sports, including things he knows, and thing he doesn’t familiar with. Zerui is always willing to try new things! 

email: zeruiworkshard.zhang@mail.utoronto.ca


The VP Communications attends and contributes to all MISC meetings and is allotted one vote. The VP Communications is responsible for MISC’s front-facing promotions and communications, ensuring that MISC has a cohesive brand and is communicating on our platforms effectively. The VP Communications works with the President to devise communication strategies for different MISC events and initiatives, and works with the different Committees, Representatives and Working Groups of MISC to help promote their events and activities. The VP Communications is also responsible for preparing the weekly MISC newsletter (MISCy Business).

General duties include:

  • Preparing and sending out the MISCy Business newsletter each Monday
  • Creating promotional material (posters and social media images) for MISC events (in collaboration with MISC 0Committees/Working Groups
  • Creating Facebook events, Instagram posts, registration links (Eventbrite/Google Forms) to promote MISC events
  • Ensuring that the MISC Calendar is up to date with MISC events

The VP Communications, along with the President and all other Vice President positions, is also a member of the MISC Executive. The Executive is responsible for the day-to-day operations of MISC, and are responsible for high-level decisions about MISC’s strategy and goals for each academic year.