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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.

      The Library loans laptops

      by Claire Allen

      The CMU Libraries has a new laptop loaning program. Students can now check out laptops for up to two weeks at a time and can use them wherever they need to do their work, on campus or off.

      The library has loaned laptops to students for several years, but in the past those laptops had to be used in the library and could only be checked out for four hours.

      We received a lot of requests for short-term loans – ranging from a couple days to a few weeks — and for laptops that could be used outside of the library. In most cases, students hoped to check out a loaner laptop while their personal laptop was being repaired or while they were waiting for a new laptop to arrive.

      In response, the library has now set aside 20 laptops, including eighteen PC laptops and two Macs, that can be checked out and used anywhere for up to two weeks. To check out a laptop or to get more information about our new program, visit the Library Services Desk on the 2nd floor or email cmulibraries@cmich.edu.

      See a list of laptops and other equipment available for checkout.

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