On the morning of July 3, 2018, Prof. Scott Herriott, Vice President of the Maheshy Management University, USA, visited Yangtze Normal University(YZNU).Members of Maheshy Management University delegation included Zhu Yunxiang, Vice President of the Maheshy Management University, Prof. Vicki Herriott, Dean of the Academic Affairs Office and School of Management. Prof. Huang Dayong, President of YZNU and Prof. Cai Qiyong, Vice President of YZNU met the guests in the 525 meeting room of Zhiyuan Building, and negotiated related cooperation matters. Representatives from YZNU’s relevant functional departments of YZNU attended the meeting.

Prof.Huang Dayong extended a warm welcome to the delegation of the Maheshy Management University and cordially introduced the development of YZNU. Prof.Huang Dayong said that the school has a beautiful studying environment and is an ideal place for living. YZNU is looking forward to cooperating with Maheshy Management University on projects such as teachers' mutual visits, research projects, and student joint training, and he hoped to promote cooperation and exchange between the two universities.

Prof. Scott Herriott, Vice President, thanked the warm reception of YZNU. He introduced that Mahexi Management University has a more than 50 years' history of joint education with China, especially in the major disciplines such as business, medicine, media, communication and media. Among them, the Academy of Art and Film is very famous in the United States and has received strong support from the famous Hollywood director David Lynch.

The two sides also conducted in-depth exchanges on sustainable ecological and cooperative education project of computer experts. Ralph Hearn said that sustainable ecological development is a comprehensive discipline that includes multidisciplinary knowledge such as management, economics, and ecology, in which energy and sustainable development are core courses. This is an open discipline where students can choose their direction based on their interests and academic background. He hopes that the both sides can promote the development of both universities and the professional growth of the students in the process of mutual exchange of management concepts and ecological technologies.