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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: March 12-18, 2022

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      A look back at some of the best photos from events and locations across campus captured by University Communications from March 12-18, 2022.

      Fashion Merchandising & Design student Gabriela Salais works to finish up her designs for this year’s Threads Fashion Show.
      Fashion Merchandising & Design student Gabriela Salais works to finish up her designs for this year’s Threads Fashion Show.
      The sun rises behind the Biosciences Building on Thursday.
      The sun rises behind the Biosciences Building on Thursday, March 17.
      Daylight saving time and clear skies gave us our first solid sunrises in 2022.
      Daylight saving time and clear skies gave us some beautiful sunrises this week.
      On Thursday, March 17, CMU’s campus got a sneak peak of Spring with weather in the high 50s and low 60s.
      On Thursday, March 17, CMU’s campus got a sneak peek of spring with temperatures in the high 50s and low 60s.
      Students took the opportunity to study and relax outside with the return of warm weather.
      Students took the opportunity to study and relax outside with the return of warm weather.
      College of Medicine students celebrate during Match Day.
      Excited medical students gathered at Dow Diamond in Midland on March 18 for CMU College of Medicine Match Day. At noon, students joined their peers across the nation in opening envelopes containing the names of the residency programs in which they will spend the next four to seven years continuing their physician training.
      College of Medicine students celebrate during Match Day.
      One-hundred and five CMU medical students participated in the match process this year. Fulfilling the college’s mission of educating culturally competent physicians to provide comprehensive care to underserved populations in Michigan and beyond, more than 50 percent of students will remain in Michigan, and nearly two-thirds chose a primary care specialty.
      Build Pizza by Design opened as the newest to Central Eats in the University Center.
      Build Pizza by Design opened as the newest to Central Eats in the University Center.
      University Communications intern Michael Armistead preps for his first bite of his mozzarella, pepperoni, and banana pepper pizza at Build Pizza by Design in Central Eats inside the University Center.
      University Communications intern Michael Armistead preps for the first bite of his mozzarella, pepperoni, and banana pepper pizza at Build Pizza by Design in Central Eats inside the University Center.

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