On the morning of January 14, 2026, the School of Management successfully held the 25th session of the Sansheng Club in Room 508 of the library. The sharing session was presided over by Liu Donghua, Dean of the School of Management, under the theme The Seven-Year Itch: My Harvest and Growth in College Administrative Service (2019-2025). Ruan, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the School of Management, and all faculty and staff attended the meeting. Dean Liu Donghua cleverly used the term seven-year itch to describe his administrative career, dividing it into three stages: inexperience, struggle, and ease. He reviewed the school's leapfrog development since 2019, growing from a teaching department with only 13 staff members into a substantial college with 60 staff members, a profound culture, and fruitful results in school-enterprise cooperation. He admitted that these seven years represented a transformation of his mindset from seeking external recognition to maintaining independent choices and a composed true self. Dean Liu summarized seven management insights: identifying roles, courageous responsibility, team building, system culture, resource mobilization, leadership support, and internal-external coordination. He emphasized that first-class organizations are managed by culture and advocated that managers should possess first principles thinking and user thinking, achieving autonomous development of the college through income generation to improve benefits. Simultaneously, he sincerely reflected on deficiencies in areas such as improving the office environment, implementing closed-loop work processes, and providing deep care for teachers and students, demonstrating a pragmatic and honest leadership style. Standing at a new starting point, Dean Liu proposed four suggestions: fully prepare for the qualification evaluation, optimize training programs closely aligned with market demand, reshape professional spirit to eliminate mediocrity, and encourage individuals to focus on vertical growth. He called on teachers to step out of storms in a teacup and build core capabilities through constant challenges. Following the sharing session, Secretary Ruan provided a high evaluation. He pointed out that this was not just a seven-year itch but rather seven years of deep rooting and perseverance. Secretary Ruan praised Dean Liu as a brilliant manager with vision, warmth, and stature, who contributes silently and demonstrates responsibility in the details. On behalf of all faculty and students, he expressed heartfelt thanks to Dean Liu for his seven years of hard work and pioneering contributions, calling on all staff to continue moving forward in the new development stage. The sharing session concluded successfully amidst warm applause. The entire faculty and staff were deeply inspired and will carry these insights forward to jointly start the next brilliant seven years for the School of Management. Notes on Sansheng Club: The Sansheng Club is a premier platform for innovation, entrepreneurship, and liberal arts education at the School of Management. The name Sansheng (Three Lives) represents the three core pillars of the club's philosophy: Life, Living, and Business. The club serves as a bridge between academia and industry by regularly hosting themed sharing sessions. It invites university leaders, as well as distinguished mentors from both inside and outside the university, to engage in deep dialogues with students. Through various activities—such as sharing insights from literature, exchanging management experiences, and introducing corporate cultures—the club aims to broaden students' horizons and cultivate their professional and humanistic qualities.A Seven-Year Journey: From Inexperience to Mastery
Management Wisdom: The Synergy of Systems and Culture
Future Outlook: Doing Difficult but Correct Things
Secretary's Comments: Seven Years of Deep Cultivation, Leading Excellence
