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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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      The week in photos: April 24-30

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of April 24-30, as captured by University Communications.

      Two female students pick up litter near a green and yellow shrub.
      In honor of Earth Day, student organizations from across campus came together for a campus and community clean-up, collecting a total of 370 pounds of trash.
      A large group of people sit at tables looking at a presenter behind a podium inside the University Center.
      Members of the CMU community gather inside the Bovee University Center for the 2023 Campus Diversity Symposium.
      A college student wearing a baseball cap rides a mechanical bull.
      A student rides a mechanical bull during Maroonzie, an event sponsored by CMU Program Board, Campus Dining and Student Affairs.
      Two female students sit next to each other smiling at a caricature artist's drawing.
      Two students react to their caricature drawing during the Maroonzie event in Finch Fieldhouse.
      A male college student wearing a graduation cap and gown has his back to the camera while looking at Warriner Hall in the distance.
      CMU student Brendan Simon poses for a graduate photo while looking over the Warriner Mall on a cloudy, spring afternoon.
      A female student in a graduation gown stands in front of the CMU seal, smiling at the camera.
      CMU student Rickyia Kimble poses for graduate photos in front of the CMU seal.
      CMU softball players huddle together on the field.
      The CMU softball team completed a three-game sweep of Bowling Green, outscoring the Falcons 14-1 in the series.

       

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