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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. 

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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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      CMU biochemistry student earns prestigious fellowship

      by Robert Wang

      Each year the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute awards outstanding students fellowships in their Perrigo Fellowship Program. These fellowships provide undergraduate students from across Michigan with an immersive, hands-on experience in basic science research at the LSI.

      CMU biochemistry student Noah Klan is this year's selected fellow. Klan expressed excitement about the opportunity to work alongside leaders in cancer research, stating that his experience in Dr. Steinhilb’s lab will be invaluable to his success in this program.

      Dr. Michelle Steinhilb, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at CMU and Klan's research mentor, praised Klan's selection for the fellowship, saying, "Noah is a truly gifted student, and I am thrilled that he was selected for the University of Michigan Perrigo Fellowship Program this summer. Noah will be an asset to their research team and will shine in the LSI environment that embraces innovation, collaboration, and creative science.”

      Fellows spend the summer working side-by-side with mentors in the state-of-the-art laboratories at the Life Sciences Institute, engaging in opportunities for science communication and chalk talks, mentor lunches, workshops, dinner outings, and other network building activities.

      At the end of the summer, fellows will present their research to the LSI community during the capstone Perrigo Symposium.

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