The University of Delaware and the Blue Hen Leadership Program will defend two titles at the Mid-Atlantic Region Collegiate Leadership Competition on April 13 in the Bacchus Theater in Perkins Student Center.

Last year’s BHLP team won the title of Overall Champion and also was awarded the top prize for Leadership Processing, presented to the team that worked most effectively together using problem solving strategies taught in the CLC curriculum.

UD will join the ranks of 88 U.S. colleges and universities participating in the third annual Collegiate Leadership Competition: a day-long event consisting of teams sent from different schools in their affiliated regions competing in various leadership problem solving tasks in front of employers, researchers, and other professionals.

UD will host the Mid-Atlantic regional competition that includes 11 teams representing Widener University, Winthrop University, Rider College, Cabrini College, Lehman College CUNY, Swarthmore College, University of Georgia, Christopher Newport University, Methodist University and the United States Air Force Academy.

The event will take place on Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Team University of Delaware is advised by Susan Luchey, associate director of University Student Centers for Leadership Development, and is coached by Harry Landfield, a senior chemical engineering major and a student in Tier 4 of BHLP. The UD 2019 CLC team consists of the following BHLP students: Sophomores Emily Eckert, public policy; Jordan Heydt, marine biology; Garret Currie, biology; and Charlie Hannum, mechanical engineering. First-year team members are Giana Bugieda, engineering and Sean Friday, construction engineering.