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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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      Professor investigates breast cancer treatment decisions

      by Sanjna Jassi
      CMU professor researches the relationship between cancer patients’ involvement in treatment decisions and their interpersonal relationships.

      Central Michigan University faculty member Kirsten Weber has always been interested in how communication and health experiences intersect.

      Her recent study focuses on how the involvement of breast cancer patients in treatment decisions can improve relationships and experiences.

      “If patients feel like they are more involved, there are more positive outcomes,” said Weber, a professor in communication and dramatic arts .

      “They feel more satisfied in the decisions that they made, they feel more satisfied in the decision-making process, they feel more confident in the decisions that they made, and they have less decision regret,” Weber said. “We also find that people more involved in these decisions are more involved with their caregivers, their communication is better and their relationships are better.”

      This research will help health care practitioners better understand how to communicate with patients for long-term results.

      “If we can get patients more involved,” Weber said, “they have fewer health concerns later on.”

      Weber’s prior research has looked extensively into the relationships between cancer patients and caregivers during treatment. Notably, her 2015 study focused on how different personal relationships shape the treatment decisions breast cancer patients make.

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