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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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      Psychology of a perfect match

      by Sanjna Jassi
      Five doctoral students from CMU’s psychology department matched for postdoctoral internships across the country.

      Five doctoral students from Central Michigan University have successfully matched for postdoctoral psychology internships. These placements are highly competitive, said Reid Skeel, director of clinical training for the psychology department.

      “Psychology internships represent the culmination of training for our doctoral students. Interns compete nationally for the yearlong internships that require 2,000 hours of training. Our students matched at sites that historically accept between 5 and 10 percent of applicants,” Skeel said.

      The following doctoral students matched for placement in these sites:

      Heidi Putney, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology — Western State Hospital in Tacoma, Washington.

      Casey Roca, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology — Wisconsin Department of Corrections in Madison, Wisconsin.

      Sarah Brenner, Ph.D. in School Psychology — Nebraska Internship Consortium, Munroe-Meyer Institute in Lincoln, Nebraska.

      Shanti Brown, Ph.D. in School Psychology — Tennessee Internship Consortium in Loudon, Tennessee.

      Jacob Brushaber-Drockton, Ph.D. in School Psychology — The Children’s Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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