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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: Aug. 26-Sept. 1

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      A look back at some of the best photos from events and locations across Central Michigan University's campus captured by University Communications from Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2022.

      Thousands of students attend MAINStage before the start of fall classes.
      Thousands of students attend MAINStage before the start of fall classes.
      An aerial shot of the BioSciences Building with students walking along sidewalks.
      An aerial view of the BioSciences building on the first day of class for the fall 2022 semester.
      A wide shot of a classroom where students go over the syllabus during the first day of classes.
      CHM 343 students go over the syllabus during the first day of classes.
      Two students talk to each other while sitting at a classroom desk.
      Students get to know each other during the first meeting for HDF 510.
      A group of dance students perform a waltz on the first day of classes.
      A group of dance students performs a waltz on the first day of classes.
      Students walk to classes on a warm, summer morning.
      Students walk through campus on the first day of fall classes.
      Members of the CMU marching band in full uniform.
      Members of the CMU Marching Band get hyped during their sectional photos.
      Students huddle up in a group to talk during Get Acquainted Day.
      Hundreds of students attend Get Acquainted Day to explore various RSOs.
      A student in a beautiful rainbow-colored dress dances during Get Acquainted Day.
      Students perform a dance during Get Acquainted Day.
      A female CMU cross country runner leads a group of runners during a race.
      CMU's Cross Country teams compete in Shepherd, Michigan.

       


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