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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.
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.
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The Poe Studies Association has named Central Michigan University English Language and Literature faculty member Jeffrey Weinstock winner of the James W. Gargano Award.
Weinstock was honored for his article, "Before the After: Anticipatory Anxiety and Experience Claimed in Poe's Angelic Dialogues."
Nominations for the annual award for outstanding articles on Edgar Allan Poe are open to any article about Poe published that year. Weinstock's article appeared in the academic journal Poe Studies (Vol. 52) in 2019.
"I am honored to have been selected for this award by the people who know the scholarship in Edgar Allan Poe," Weinstock said.
The Poe Studies Association recognizes contributions to Poe research annually through awarding the Gargano Award, established in honor of founding member James Gargano.
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Present your venture and win BIG at the New Venture Challenge.
Boost your entrepreneurial skills through our workshops, mentor meetups and pitch competitions.
Learn about the entrepreneurship makerspace on campus in Grawn Hall.
Present a 2-minute pitch at the Make-A-Pitch Competition and you could win prizes and bragging rights!
Connect with mentors and faculty who are here to support the next generation of CMU entrepreneurs.
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