Splash Biography

YUYANG ZHANG, Interested in education, especially leadership

Major: Psychology

College/Employer: UChicago

Year of Graduation: 2022

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Past Classes

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C1768: Be Happy, Be Authentic, Be a Leader in Cascade Spring 2019 (Apr. 30, 2019)

Have you ever thought about how happiness relates to leadership? What does authentic leadership mean to you? This growing in popularity definition of leadership emphasizes personal growth, self-awareness, and building trusting bonds with those around you. Through Neil Pasricha’s The Happiness Equation, Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, and social psychologist Amy Cuddy’s Presence, we will explore ways to develop positive mindsets and practical leadership skills to better navigate social atmospheres. Come discover your own potential for positive impact in everyday life!

C1750: How to Win Friends and Influence People in Splash Droplet Fall 2018 (Nov. 17, 2018)

Based on Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People," this course teaches students sincere leadership, including ways to make people like you and how to win people to your way of thinking. Historical and modern examples of the strategies put into use will be explained. Overall, this course delivers some of Carnegie's key messages of how we should interact with those around us and aims to inspire students to appreciate and respect everyone around us.