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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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      Every journey is unique. Explore the opportunities that interest you.

      Hey CMU, get ready to jam with Adobe!

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      CMU is hosting an Adobe Creative Jam that kicks off on Sept. 14, 2022, as part of the Adobe Creative Campus Initiative. Students in every discipline are welcome and encouraged to participate in this two-week-long challenge designed to help engage the entire campus community with a creative project-based activity that helps expand digital literacy and real-world skills.

      Kicking off the event on Sept. 14, participants will attend an Adobe Premiere Rush video software training. Participants will create a 60-second (or less) video for the following two weeks. Registration information and additional details will be announced at the start of the fall semester. Top submissions will be selected and awarded by event judges. 

      High-impact, project-based learning helps all students gain various skills, including career readiness, increased confidence, career management, professionalism, digital literacy, oral, visual, and written communication. Faculty can encourage students to participate in Adobe Creative Jam by:  

      • Encouraging students to join the competition and showcase what they've learned. 
      • Integrate a video assignment into your Fall 2022 courses. Download a sample rubric to use for grading purposes.
      • Offer participation in the competition in place of an existing assignment. 
      • Offer students the opportunity to participate in the Jam for extra credit.

      This event is sponsored by the Digital Literacy @ CMU Committee, which includes representatives from 11 colleges and departments across campus and Adobe. For questions, contact Ann Kucera.

      Learn more about CMU's Creative Jam

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