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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.

      The week in photos: March 6-12

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of March 6-12, as captured by University Communications.

      Hundreds of teacher candidates sit in a large auditorium.
      Teacher candidates returned to campus from their placements to engage in timely professional development facilitated by current practitioners and CMU alumni.
      College of Medicine students stand in an auditorium talking in unison.
      The CMU College of Medicine welcomed the Class of 2026 during its annual White Coat Ceremony.
      Four medical students stand on a stage holding a male student across their arms as they smile for the camera.
      The White Coat Ceremony creates a commitment to compassionate care at the very beginning of medical training.
      A CMU women's lacrosse player tries to run past a defender to score.
      The CMU lacrosse team played its first home game on March 10 against Cincinnati.
      A CMU women's lacrosse player tries to run past a defender to score.
      CMU sophomore Jozy Allen, who grew up in Cincinnati, tries to escape a Cincinnati defender.
      Women's lacrosse players go after a ball in the air.
      CMU jumped out to a 4-1 lead on the Bearcats but allowed eight unanswered goals in a 9-4 loss.

       

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