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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: Sept. 4-10

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of Sept. 4-10, as captured by University Communications.

      A group of students wearing CMU apparel smiles at the camera during a football pregame tailgate event as a giant Fire Up Chips! sign stands tall in the background.
      CMU students enjoy tailgating prior to the football home opener against New Hampshire.
      The CMU punter drops a football and prepares to kick it during the CMU-New Hampshire football game.
      Senior punter Jake Walrath warms up on the sidelines.
      A group of CMU students watching the CMU-New Hampshire football cheers from the stands.
      Fans had plenty of reason to be fired up thanks to CMU's 45-42 win over New Hampshire.
      A small group of students stand outside the CMU Events Center as other groups of students stand in the distance during a football tailgate party.
      The Office of Student Activities and Involvement and University Recreation hosted a pep rally at Kulhavi Events Center Plaza prior to the football home opener.
      A college student attempts to kick a field goal while playing a kicking game in a parking lot during a pep rally while other students stand nearby and watch.
      Students enjoy fun and games at the CMU pep rally ahead of the football game against New Hampshire.
      Hundreds of small US flags are planted in the grass near the Park Library as part of a 9/11 tribute. Students walk by on a path in the background.
      A 9/11 tribute on the lawn outside of the Charles V. Park Library.

       

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