Make A Difference. Lead through Stanford Zen Society.

Since its founding in 2009, we hosted over 18 on-campus retreats, sponsored numerous lectures by accomplished teachers, and helped countless Stanford students attain increased inner peace through meditation. The reason that we can serve the community in this capacity is our student leadership team.

President, the leader of SZS:

• Be the point of contact for Stanford Associate of Religion and other teams on campus
• Inspire and recruit next year’s officers
• Work with the teachers to support the regular meditation sessions
• Attend the necessary orientations and workshops

Financial Officer, be the chaperone of SZS finances:

• Attend the necessary orientations and workshops
• Submit the budget,  revise it as needed, and see that it is approved
• Confirm the funding is in our account
• Submit the work requests that need funding
• Process reimbursements

Tasks to Be Divided Among VPs

Finance:

• Support the financial officer. It is very important

Operations:

• Book the rooms
• Organize student activities fair
• Back up the president in working with teachers and supporting the regular meditation sessions

Communications:

• Send out the weekly reminder for our events, and be the contact person for our regular events
• Manage the mailing list
• Lead outreach efforts to let more people know about SZS
• (If interested) work with Rebecca on the website
• (Good to have) create and manage social media presence for SZS

Special Events:

• Brainstorm, suggest and organize fun events. (It’s not to say that meditation isn’t fun. It’s just not very lively.)
• Work with Rebecca and guest teachers to organize on-campus retreats
• Work with Rebecca to recruit and manage organizational teams for other special events

Interfaith Dialogue:

• Share your experiences with Zen or SZS at SAR interfaith events
• (Optional) suggest and organize interfaith events