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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: Jan. 15-21

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of Jan. 15-21 as captured by University Communications.

      The Christ Central Choir performs on the stage inside Plachta Auditorium while the choice director stands in front of the group with her back to the crowd.
      The annual MLK commUNITY Peace Service inside Plachta Auditorium featured a performance by the Christ Central Choir.
      Four college students stand in a line on a stage facing the crowd after winning awards.
      The 2024 PNC Achievers honorees stand on stage accepting their awards. PNC Achievers award winners exemplify a commitment to making a difference in our world through a collaborative approach to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, education, innovation, and/or entrepreneurship.
      A large group of people sit at desks and on the floor inside the UC Rotunda room. The room is well lit with bright light shining from the ceiling.
      Students, faculty and staff meet inside the Bovee UC Rotunda room for the Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center's Day of Service event.
      Students sit at a table turning sheets of fleece into blankets.
      Volunteers created fleece blankets to be donated to foster care during the Day of Service.
      Hundreds of elementary students cheer from the stands inside McGuirk Arena.
      More than 3,000 elementary students filled McGuirk Arena for the annual Hoops for Hunger Game as the CMU women's basketball team hosted Ball State.
      CMU women's basketball player Lisa Tesson wears a white uniform and headband, dribbling past a defender wearing a black and red uniform.
      Junior guard Lisa Tesson drives past a Ball State defender. CMU would fall to the Cardinals, 79-47.

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