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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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      CMU community invited to meet finalists for new Student Affairs VP

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      The Central Michigan University community will have the opportunity to meet three finalists in the search for the university’s first Vice President of Student Affairs. 

      The Vice President of Student Affairs will provide leadership, vision and direction for the Division of Student Affairs, which includes the Center for Student Inclusion and Diversity, Counseling Center, Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, Residence Life, Student Activities, Student Conduct, Student Disability Services, Student Media, University Recreation, the Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center, and more. 

      Following a nationwide search, led by a committee including students, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners, three finalists have been invited to campus to attend open forums. CMU community members may choose to attend in person or view the forums via livestream; livestream recordings of the forums will be available until 10 p.m. each day.

      The vice president position description and finalist bios are available now on the Senior Officer Search webpage; livestream information and feedback forms will be posted early next week.

      Dates* and details for each open forum are as follows:

      Bill Hebert
      Wednesday, April 13
      Lakeshore Room, Bovee University Center room 125
      • 3-3:50 p.m., all CMU community members (livestream only)
      • 5:30-6:20 p.m., students (in-person and via livestream)
      Renee Watson
      Thursday, April 14
      Lake Michigan Room, Bovee University Center room 303
      • 3-3:50 p.m., all CMU community members (livestream only)
      • 5:30-6:20 p.m., students (in-person and via livestream)
      Michael Jasek
      Friday, April 15  
      Lakeshore Room, Bovee University Center room 125
      • 3-3:50 p.m., all CMU community members (livestream only)

      • 5:30-6:20 p.m., students (in-person and via livestream)

      *Dates originally announced in the April 5 “Save the date” email have been shifted slightly due to scheduling conflicts.


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