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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 27-April 2

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of March 27-April 2, as captured by University Communications.

      A miniature light blue, pink and white flag stands in the ground next to a sidewalk.
      Transgender pride flags were planted on CMU's campus in honor of March 31 being International Transgender Day of Visibility.
      A gray-haired faculty member wearing a black and silver shirt stands in front of a classroom full of students.
      Fashion Merchandising and Design faculty member Ian Mull advises the group of students responsible for planning the 2023 Threads Fashion Show, which takes place on April 15.
      Two female students sit at a table in a classroom smiling as a laptop sits on the table.
      Students from different academic colleges meet together to plan the 2023 Threads Fashion Show.
      A student-model with black hair and a green streak poses while wearing a flannel shirt, white undershirt and blue pants.
      Student models involved in the Threads Fashion Show gather together in Finch Fieldhouse to rehearse.
      A student-model wearing glasses, a white t-shirt and black sweatshirt practices fashion show poses.
      Models work with their student designers to practice poses and walks in preparation for Threads.
      A CMU softball pitcher wearing a white uniform and a protective mask winds up to make a pitch.
      Junior Grace Lehto tossed a complete game shutout against Kent State on March 28 as part of the CMU softball team's two-game sweep of the Golden Flashes.
      A CMU softball player in a white uniform rounds third base heading for home.
      Junior outfielder Michaleigh Vallimont powered the CMU offense past Kent State with a home run and two doubles over two games.

       

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