On the afternoon of February 26, 2025, School of Marxism at Central China Normal University held the Spring Semester 2025 Joint Meeting on Mental Health Work in Room 406, South Building of the Humanities and Sciences Research Building. Yang Jun, Deputy Director of Office of Student Affairs and Director of the Affairs Office of CCNU, and Luo Gui, a full-time teacher from the Mental Health Education Center, attended the meeting. All full-time and part-time counselors of the School participated. The meeting was held by Shao Lili, Deputy Party Secretary of School of Marxism.
At the opening of the meeting, Shao Lili, on behalf of School of Marxism, expressed her gratitude to Office of Student Affairs of the Party Committee and the Mental Health Education Center for their long-term guidance and support. She also provided an overview of the school’s mental health work, highlighted current work puzzles, and put forward suggestions for future work, which included strengthening professional support and offering tiered, categorized guidance and training for counselors and class advisors to enhance students’ mental health safeguards.
Subsequently, undergraduate and graduate counselors from the school delivered detailed reports on mental health efforts across different grade levels. While sharing practical experiences, they also raised concerns and analyzed issues reflected in daily heart-to-heart talks, dormitory visits, and Party, Youth League, and class events. Attendees engaged in in-depth discussions on these issues. Luo Gui provided professional suggestions and scientific guidance from a professional perspective on daily mental health education work and the health management of crisis cases.
At the end of the meeting, Yang Jun delivered a concluding speech. He fully affirmed the college's preparatory work for the start of the semester and routine mental health education work. He proposed that it is necessary to further improve the linkage mechanism among the Student Affairs Office, the Mental Health Education Center, and the college, communicate in a timely manner about the difficulties encountered in the work, and pay close attention to student groups who have difficulties in academics, employment, life, and other aspects.
This joint meeting on mental health work has clarified the direction and forged consensus for the further development of mental health work in the college. In the future, School of Marxism will aim for“full participation, continuous attention, and comprehensive coverage”. It will continue to integrate resources and innovate mechanisms, enhance the quality and efficiency of mental health education and also safeguard the healthy growth of students.
Source: School of Marxism, Central China Normal University
Translator: Yuan Yanglei
Date: March 7, 2025
