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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: June 18-24

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      A look back at some of the best photos from events and locations across campus and Mt. Pleasant captured by University Communications from June 18-24, 2022.

      Department of Theatre and Dance students prepare for an upcoming performance of The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged).
      Department of Theatre and Dance students prepare for an upcoming performance of The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged), which features all 37 plays in 90 minutes.
      Department of Theatre and Dance students practice their performance of Summer: A Theatre Cabaret.
      Department of Theatre and Dance students practice their performance of Summer: A Theatre Cabaret, which tracks a group of students as they emerge from a year of quarantine into a warm summer’s evening.
      Campus tour season is in full swing as prospective students tour campus with family and supporters.
      Campus tour season is in full swing as prospective students tour campus with family and supporters.
      Warriner Hall sits at the center of this aerial view of campus on a summer day.
      Warriner Hall sits at the center of this aerial view of campus on a sunny June afternoon.
      Grandparents U is a summer camp that brings generations together for three days of fun and wonder on the campus of Central Michigan University.
      Grandparents U is a summer camp that brings generations together for three days of fun and wonder on the campus of Central Michigan University.
      Student Jaie Jones goes for a hike through Deerfield Park in Mt. Pleasant.
      Student Jaie Jones goes for a hike through Deerfield Park in Mt. Pleasant.
      Student Hannah Ardelean rides the local trails through Mt. Pleasant.
      Student Hannah Ardelean rides the local trails through Mt. Pleasant.

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