--- title: Stories and Updates | Horn Entrepreneurship | community (8) description: community | Stories, news and updates from Horn Entrepreneurship, the creative engine of University of Delaware (8) --- [![University of Delaware](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/HPE_Jan2017/logo.png?width=168&height=70&name=logo.png "University of Delaware")](http://udel.edu) #### Horn Entrepreneurship # [Stories & Updates](https://horn.udel.edu) ### [Horn Entrepreneurship Awards & Scholarships Spring 2021](https://horn.udel.edu/horn-entrepreneurship-awards-scholarships-spring-2019-0) Each spring, Horn Entrepreneurship recognizes entrepreneurial students through [awards and scholarships](https://www.udel.edu/research-innovation/horn/student-enrichment/awards-scholarships/) totaling almost $10,000 in cash and Venture Development Center credit. Undergraduate students from all majors are invited to [apply](https://www.tfaforms.com/4888464) now through Monday, April 19, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/horn-entrepreneurship-awards-scholarships-spring-2019-0) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • March 31, 2021 Topics: [enrichment](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/enrichment), [awards](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/awards), [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community) ### [Free Entrepreneurship Courses for Delaware High School Students](https://horn.udel.edu/free-entrepreneurship-courses-for-delaware-high-school-students) University of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship is offering 10 Delaware high schools launch grants for its newest youth offering, EntreX Lab.  EntreX Lab (short for “Entrepreneurial Experience Laboratory”) is an opportunity for high school students to take credit-bearing entrepreneurship coursework through the University of Delaware. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/free-entrepreneurship-courses-for-delaware-high-school-students) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • March 26, 2021 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community), [pre college](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pre-college), [opportunities](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/opportunities), [educators](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/educators) ### [Mastering Entrepreneurship Through Leadership: An Introduction to SELF and the 2021 Cohort](https://horn.udel.edu/mastering-entrepreneurship-through-leadership-an-introduction-to-self-and-the-2021-cohort) In the spaces of creative disruption where entrepreneurs operate, the skills of effective leadership have always been of key importance, and are inextricably tied to the spirit of innovation. However, before anyone can even begin to become a leader of others, they must first learn to lead themselves. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/mastering-entrepreneurship-through-leadership-an-introduction-to-self-and-the-2021-cohort) by [Jan Castro](https://horn.udel.edu/author/jan-castro) • March 17, 2021 Topics: [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community), [resources](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/resources), [opportunities](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/opportunities), [students](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/students), [leadership](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/leadership), [Siegfried](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/siegfried) ### [Student Success Story: Mike Shumate’s Lessons in Not Being Afraid to Fail](https://horn.udel.edu/student-success-story-mike-shumates-lessons-in-not-being-afraid-to-fail) As an aspiring entrepreneur from Wilmington, Delaware, Mike Shumate is no stranger to stepping outside of his comfort zone. Over the course of his time in the [Associates in Arts Program](https://www.aap.udel.edu/), Shumate has quickly made a name for himself through his engagement across a number of Horn Entrepreneurship’s programs and competitions. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/student-success-story-mike-shumates-lessons-in-not-being-afraid-to-fail) by [Jan Castro](https://horn.udel.edu/author/jan-castro) • March 10, 2021 Topics: [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community), [competition](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/competition), [students](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/students), [pitching](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pitching), [pitch party](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pitch-party), [pivoting](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pivoting) ### [Dr. Robert Ddamulira: Building Businesses to Beat Climate Change](https://horn.udel.edu/dr.-robert-ddamulira-building-businesses-to-beat-climate-change) Dr. Robert Ddamulira is a firm believer in the power of people. In other words, he is convinced that any problem, no matter how daunting, can be solved through cooperation and a little bit of disruptive creativity – a rather simple conviction that informs Ddamulira’s entrepreneurial approach to the existential challenge of climate change. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/dr.-robert-ddamulira-building-businesses-to-beat-climate-change) by [Jan Castro](https://horn.udel.edu/author/jan-castro) • February 19, 2021 Topics: [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community), [startups](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startups), [environment](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/environment) ### [WE Hatch Practical Insights from the Fall Semester](https://horn.udel.edu/we-hatch-practical-insights-from-the-fall-semester)   The WE Hatch Practical Insights & Networking Conversations series connects participants with two successful women (a recent graduate and an experienced alumnae leader), who share insights into their careers they wish they had known, practiced or explored earlier. In the virtual sessions participants have the opportunity to listen, discuss, and network in breakout rooms. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/we-hatch-practical-insights-from-the-fall-semester) by [Ryan Sigmund](https://horn.udel.edu/author/ryan-sigmund) • February 17, 2021 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [enrichment](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/enrichment), [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community), [alumni](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/alumni), [social entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/social-entrepreneurship), [students](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/students), [women entrepreneurs](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/women-entrepreneurs), [equity](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/equity) ### [Meet Rysheema Dixon: Social Entrepreneur, Councilwoman & UD Professor](https://horn.udel.edu/meet-rysheema-dixon-social-entrepreneur-councilwoman-and-ud-professor) At the unique intersection of social entrepreneurship, academia, and public service, you’re likely to find few who have struck a balance as well as Rysheema Dixon, a Philadelphia-born social entrepreneur who has found her calling in serving her community. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/meet-rysheema-dixon-social-entrepreneur-councilwoman-and-ud-professor) by [Jan Castro](https://horn.udel.edu/author/jan-castro) • February 10, 2021 Topics: [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community), [alumni](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/alumni), [social entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/social-entrepreneurship), [government](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/government), [women entrepreneurs](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/women-entrepreneurs), [educators](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/educators) ### [2021 Innovative Delaware Educator Awards Accepting Applications](https://horn.udel.edu/2021-innovative-delaware-educator-awards-accepting-applications) Mini-grants support creativity & innovation in secondary classrooms Too often educators’ great ideas cannot be implemented in the classroom due to lack of funding. The [Innovative Delaware Educator Awards](https://www.udel.edu/research-innovation/horn/pre-college-programs/mini-grants/) (IDEAs) help remove that barrier by providing mini-grants to Delaware secondary teachers to support the development and realization of those innovative, and sometimes experimental, projects in the classroom. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/2021-innovative-delaware-educator-awards-accepting-applications) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • February 08, 2021 Topics: [awards](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/awards), [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community), [pre college](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pre-college) ### [University of Delaware Recognized with Multiple Awards for Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/university-of-delaware-recognized-with-multiple-awards-for-entrepreneurship) The University of Delaware and entrepreneurship education are rapidly becoming synonymous. Three accolades were recently bestowed upon Horn Entrepreneurship, bolstering its reputation nationally and internationally as a thought leader in entrepreneurship education. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/university-of-delaware-recognized-with-multiple-awards-for-entrepreneurship) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • January 27, 2021 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [awards](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/awards), [community](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community) ### [Covid-19 and Community, Through the Eyes of Green Box Kitchen's Jason Aviles](https://horn.udel.edu/covid-19-and-community-through-the-eyes-of-green-box-kitchens-jason-aviles) Not even five months after Jason Aviles officially opened [Green Box Kitchen](https://www.greenboxkitchen.com/) in Wilmington, restaurants across the nation were abruptly forced to close their doors in response to the arrival of a new and deadly virus. In the following months, Aviles strategically navigated his business through a gauntlet of otherwise earth-shattering obstacles, adapting to the demands of the pandemic. 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