When it comes to Wang Yan, the head teacher of the School of Business Administration at HXIT, the first impression students have is "determination." Under Wang Yan's guidance, characterized by this spirit of determination, students have achieved various awards and offers from desirable organizations.
"The sincere expectations and hopes of students must not be let down," says Wang Yan when talking about students' achievements.
Having breakfast together with students every morning and creating an "treasure book" of all students features
Wang Yan has been serving as a mentor and head teacher almost every year since her arrival at HXIT in 2006, emphasizing the importance of understanding each student as a focal point of her. Wang Yan's residence is quite far from the school, so she wakes up at 5:30a.m. every morning and rush to school to have breakfast with students. Through these shared breakfasts, Wang Yan compiles an electronic "treasure book" - a PPT presentation recording the conversations with students, including their hometowns, interests, family information, and academic performance. This "treasure book" provides her with ample information to tailor her guidance according to each student's individual needs.
Wrote textbooks totalling over 1.2 million words, transforming the classroom into a roundtable forum
In order to make the courses engaging and interesting, Wang Yan believes that a teacher should provide students with a cup of water, but they themselves should be like an ever-flowing river, continuously expanding their knowledge.
Over the past 15 years, she has ploughed through the business field, exploring teaching materials and methods. Even before online courses became popular, Wang Yan and her team recorded more than two hundred micro-videos for entrepreneurial courses. In the past five years, she has also authored four textbooks, totally more than 1.2 million words. Wang Yan's textbooks highlight localized and up-to-date content, making them relatable and well-loved by students.
In her teaching work, Wang Yan often introduces innovative approaches. She assesses students' performance through proposal presentations, involving industry experts directly in the evaluation of graduation theses. This approach achieves an innovative entrepreneurship talent development model that combines character development and skill cultivation.
To break the stereotype that "business administration covers everything but lacks expertise," Wang Yan actively introduces corporate resources and promotes deep collaboration between the university and enterprises, enabling over 80% of third-year students to engage in summer internships and "pre-employment" experiences.
Guiding students to become inventor, fostering innovation entrepreneurship has always been her goal
Apart from focusing on teaching, Wang Yan attaches great importance to cultivating students' innovation and entrepreneurship abilities.
One of her students, Wei Xinjie from the former School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, created an "intelligent optoelectronic lock" driven by his interest. While the invention had a strong technological foundation, other aspects were lacking. Wang Yan helped Wei Xinjie and his team to conduct in-depth research, applying the product to various scenarios. As a result, they won the provincial silver award in the 2018 "Internet+" National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.
This achievement encouraged Wei Xinjie and his team greatly. Over the past four years, under Wang Yan's guidance, they have invented many technological products, receiving positive feedback. Wei Xinjie, known as the "Invention King," has also received numerous nominations and related honorary titles from the Communist Youth League Central Committee.
During the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Wang Yan became concerned when she saw that many elderly people had difficulty using smartphones and applying for health codes during the lockdown. Inspired by this observation, she started researching the construction and effectiveness of a community grid management model in the Jiang'an District. Upon returning to campus, she led students to conduct frequent on-site investigations in the area. With their relentless efforts, Wang Yan and her students completed a genuine, reasonable, and scientific report, and winning the "Challenge Cup" special prize.
Over the past 15 years, guided by Wang Yan, more than 100 students have achieved national and provincial awards in innovation and entrepreneurship competitions.
