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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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      Educational leadership faculty member celebrated

      by Sanjay Gupta
      The American College Personnel Association Foundation has named Central Michigan University educational leadership faculty member Anne Hornak.

      The American College Personnel Association Foundation has named Central Michigan University educational leadership faculty member Anne Hornak a 2019 Diamond Honoree.

      “This is terrific news and a testament to Anne’s ongoing willingness to serve the profession,” said Elizabeth Kirby, interim dean of the College of Education and Human Services.

      Hornak, who joined CMU in 2009, teaches courses in theories, ethics, student affairs administration and social justice. She earned her Ph.D. in higher education administration at Michigan State University.

      A member of ACPA since 1997, Hornak has served the organization as state president, commission directorate member, faculty in residence, coordinator of faculty research grant and more.

      ACPA will recognize Hornak and other honorees at a ceremony March 5 in Boston.

      The Diamond Honoree program, established by the ACPA Foundation in 1999, is a recognition program and fundraiser. Nominees are recognized for their outstanding and sustained contributions to higher education and to student affairs.

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