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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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      Every journey is unique. Explore the opportunities that interest you.

      A look back at some of the best photos from events and locations across campus captured by University Communications from March 19-25, 2022.

      Aubrey Dickens browses one of the Library’s many shelfs, looking for the perfect book. Taken on March 23rd, in the Charles V. Park Library
      Aubrey Dickens, a CMU student, reads a book on the fourth floor of the Park Library. Taken on March 23rd, in the Charles V. Park Library
      Children of all ages had ways to participate in this year’s Pow wow. Taken on March 19th, in McGuirk Arena
      A group of dancers perform at the 33rd Annual “Celebrating Life” Pow wow. Taken on March 19th, in McGuirk Arena
      Students participate in Battle of the RSOs, an annual fundraiser by CMU student groups across campus

      CMU students hold a final dress rehearsal for the play “Hamlet”. Taken on March 22nd, in Bush Theatre

      Sarah Brannigan, who plays Hamlet, performs an on-stage monologue. Taken on March 22nd, in Bush Theatre
      Teammates from CMU's Lacrosse team pose for a photos during halftime of their game against Akron on March 23, 2022
      CMU softball pitcher, Kaitlyn Bean, delivers a pitch against Ball State on March 25, 2022

      CMU Softball centerfielder, Abbey Tolmie, makes a diving catch for an out against Ball State on March 25, 2022
      Source: Logan Pellegrom

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