The Voice of CCNU To comprehensively strengthen the construction of the student affairs team and enhance the effectiveness of education, on September 29th, the school successfully held a special training session for the student affairs team for the autumn semester of the 2025-2026 academic year in the lecture hall on the fourth floor of Building B of the University Student Activity Center. This training is hosted by the Student Affairs Department (Graduate Affairs Department) of the Party Committee of Central China Normal University and lasts for one day. Chen Diming, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the university, attended and delivered a concluding speech. The heads of relevant functional departments, the responsible persons in charge of student affairs from each training unit, and all full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate counselors participated in the training.
Li Diao, Director of the Ideological and Political Education Division of the Party Committee's Student Affairs Department, delivered a special report titled "The Mission and Responsibility, Pain Points, and Optimization Strategies of Student Work in Current Universities". Starting from ideological and political guidance, he put forward clear requirements and expectations for the student affairs team in four aspects: enhancing ideological understanding, grasping the current situation, optimizing work strategies, and strictly adhering to work discipline.
Wu Jiancheng, deputy director of the Party Committee Student Affairs Department, delivered a special report titled "Putting Students' Worries in Mind", systematically introducing the school's mental health education work mechanism and resources in light of the current mental health status of college students, clarifying the tasks and requirements, and elaborating in detail on the significance, principles and procedures of crisis intervention. Ma Ying, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Physical Science and Technology, presented a report titled "The Practical Logic and Path Exploration of 'Three Standardizations' Management in Student Affairs - Thoughts and Attempts from the School of Physical Science and Technology", proposing to build the "four beams and eight pillars" through institutionalization, create a "quality scale" through standardization, and convey "educational warmth" through refinement, and shared practical cases.
Shao Lili, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Marxism, delivered a report titled "Seeking Truth and Acting Steadily with Precision: Reflections and Insights from 20 Years of Work as a Counselor", sharing practical wisdom and in-depth thoughts on promoting the refined, precise and profound development of student work from the perspectives of "seeking truth and acting steadily" and "acting steadily with precision", based on her 20 years of experience in nurturing students.
Wang Li, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Social Sciences, delivered a report titled "Listening as the Bridge, Guiding as the Boat: Principles and Strategies for Counselors' Conversations". She systematically expounded on the techniques and methods of conversations, covering aspects such as pre-preparation, core elements, and basic principles. She emphasized that through empathetic communication, counselors can facilitate the growth of students and fulfill the original mission of education.
Huang Yining, a full-time counselor of the School of Journalism and Communication, delivered a talk titled "‘Uncontrollable Care’: Research Entry Points and Experience Transformation Paths in Student Affairs", discussing how to convert frontline work experience into research practice and achieve a positive interaction between work and research.
Chen Diming, the deputy secretary of the school's Party committee, delivered a concluding speech. He expressed his condolences and gratitude to the colleagues working on the front line of student affairs. The Party secretary pointed out that the counselor team is the "fourth force" of the university. They should play a role in ideological and political education throughout the entire academic stage, provide services in all fields of growth, and carry out all-round talent cultivation. They should shoulder the historical mission of "cultivating Party members and educating students". He hoped that everyone would fully understand the significance of this training and continuously enhance their skills, thinking, and sentiments in student affairs. The Party secretary also deployed the key tasks for the second half of the year. He emphasized: First, we should comprehensively strengthen the construction of counselors in the new era, issue relevant documents, and support and encourage counselors to develop towards professionalization and expertization; second, we should promote the construction of class advisors, and fully utilize their role as a bridge and link in ideological and political education and daily student affairs management; third, we should revise and improve the "Implementation Measures for the Evaluation of Graduate Academic Scholarships", making the evaluation of academic scholarships a powerful tool to promote the academic style construction, typical selection, and role model education of the graduate group.
Source: The Voice of CCNU
Translator: Zhou Xintian
Date: October 15, 2025
