Student Experience
Elevate Your College Experience
Horn Entrepreneurship’s Enrichment programs elevate the college experience by welcoming students into a like-minded community and supporting their acquisition of valuable skills, experiences and connections outside of the classroom.
Delaware Innovation Fellows (DIF)
DIF is a 4-year experience and community for passionate leaders, innovators, makers and entrepreneurs from any major who seek to turn their ideas into a reality.
Siegfried Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellows
The Siegfried Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellows (SELF) program is a highly selective, unique experience designed to expand and deepen understanding of leadership and oneself as a leader, connect and learn with others, and inspire initiative for positive impact.
"DIF opened up a whole new realm of opportunities that wouldn't typically be available to a mechanical engineering student."
Opportunities for all students
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A student-run organization for creatives
Entrepreneurship Club
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A Weekly Speaker Series Featuring Experienced Entrepreneurs
Free Lunch Friday
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Home to UD's entrepreneurs
Venture Development Center
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Competitions each semester for students to win funding
Pitch Parties
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Recognition of Entrepreneurial Undergraduate Students
Awards and Scholarships
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*denotes exclusive opportunities for entrepreneurship majors
**denotes exclusive opportunity for Delaware Innovation Fellows
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Bridging Design and Manufacturing: Meet Alumnus Rich Hayburn
January 12, 2026 | Written by Horn EntrepreneurshipRelay Manufacturing was founded by Rich Hayburn, a University of Delaware Class of 2020 graduate who studied Mechanical Engineering with an Integrated Design minor, along with a math minor and manufacturing concentration. While at UD, Rich leaned into Horn Entrepreneurship through Summer Founders, NSF I-Corps, and VentureOn, experiences that helped him turn hands-on problem solving into a growing business. -
UD Alumna & Founder Annabelle Brame is Reshaping Sustainable Fashion
January 05, 2026 | Written by Horn EntrepreneurshipA 2024 graduate with a BS in Fashion Design & Product Innovation and a minor in Entrepreneurship, Annabelle built the foundation of her fashion label, Brame, through Horn Entrepreneurship programs including Summer Founders, REEF, and VentureOn. Today, she’s crafting an entirely new conversation around ethical design, adaptable apparel, and what it means to build a fashion house rooted in purpose. -
Big Ideas Challenge Aims to Turn Research into Business
December 15, 2025 | Written by Horn EntrepreneurshipMore than 20 Big Ideas Challenge teams exhibited at the Blue Hen Innovation Fest, and there were two recurring elements: work combatting sea-level rise and using games to teach multiple concepts.
Leadership… it’s getting in touch with your dreams and those things in your life that really inspired yourself. You can’t be strong and great for other people unless you are strong and great for yourself.
CEO & Founder, The Siegfried Group