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Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship

We are a dedicated institute for student entrepreneurs across campus and beyond. We aim to maximize your success by fostering your entrepreneurial mindset, promote inter-disciplinary collaboration and provide support for the creation and development of your new ventures. Jumpstart your ideas and get involved today!

Tune in for excitement!

Passion. Potential. Pitches. Don't miss any of the 2025 New Venture Challenge excitement.

Tune in Friday, April 11 at 1 p.m. for great ideas and fierce competition. Then, join the judges, mentors, spectators and teams as they see who is going home with thousands of dollars in venture financing. The awards broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. and one team will walk away as the overall best venture. 

Start your entrepreneurial journey

Central Michigan University’s College of Business Administration is the home of the Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship and the first Department of Entrepreneurship in the state of Michigan. We are a student-centric hub where experiential, curricular, and external entrepreneurial opportunities intersect.

Our mission is to maximize student success by fostering a campus-wide entrepreneurial mindset that promotes inter-disciplinary collaboration and the creation of new ventures.

We aim to create innovative programming, boost cross-campus and ecosystem collaboration and provide a comprehensive mentoring program.

Our institute provides extracurricular opportunities and is open to all undergraduate and graduate CMU students.

Student opportunities

  • Meet experienced alumni, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors, and other business and political leaders.
  • Learn practical skills, innovative thinking, and connect with mentors and entrepreneurial resources.
  • Attend skill-building workshops and compete in pitch competitions and Hackathons.
  • Take part in special scholarship programs and travel experiences.
  • Pitch your venture at our signature New Venture Challenge event and compete for up to $20,000 in cash awards.

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      Business dean candidate to visit

      by Sanjay Gupta
      Candidate for CMU’s College of Business Administration dean will visit campus, meet with faculty, staff and students in open forum.

      Central Michigan University students, faculty and staff are invited to meet a candidate for the dean of the College of Business Administration from 1-1:50 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Grawn Hall 100.

      Christopher Moberg is senior associate dean of academic programs at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he also previously served as associate dean of academic programs. He also held roles as both the marketing department chair and a professor of marketing. Moberg holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Cleveland State University, an MBA from Miami University and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of New Mexico.

      In September, Michael Gealt, executive vice president and provost, announced the nationwide search for a new dean following Charles Crespy's decision to step down Sept. 30. Karl Smart has been serving as interim dean during the search.

      The dean of the College of Business Administration will lead all operations of the college — which is composed of several academic departments, programs and institutes — and provide leadership for all undergraduate and graduate programs within the college. The new dean also will serve on the Council of Deans, Academic Senate and Academic Planning Council.

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