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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. 9-15

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      A look back at some of the best photos from events and locations across Central Michigan University's campus, and the Mt. Pleasant community as captured by University Communications from Jan. 9-15, 2023.

      A student wearing a CMU hat and shirt looks at his phone while walking through campus on the first day back from winter break.
      Students walk to and from classes on the first day of the spring semester.
      A sign on a yellow wall inside the Health Professionals Building reads “Ponder Coffee Company, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Craft Roasters, Established 2014” as a male customer walks past the entrance with a coffee in his hand.
      Ponder Coffee Company recently opened a new on-campus location in the Health Professions Building.
      Three students pet a fluffy dog while sitting on the floor inside the Bovee University Center.
      Students had a chance to pet therapy dogs in the Bovee University Center during the first week of the spring semester.
      A silver egg-shaped art piece is displayed on the wall in the Charles V. Park Library.
      A sculpture by Brian Nelson, as part of their “Thinking Out Loud” installation in the Charles V. Park Library. The installation is available to view until Feb. 1, 2023.
      Members of CMU’s North American Indigenous Student Organization dance in the Rotunda Room.
      CMU’s North American Indigenous Student Organization hosts the Inaugural Round Dance celebration on January 14, 2023 for students and CMU community to connect and celebrate culture in the community.

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