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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. 

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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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      Board of Trustees to consider changes to Global Campus

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      The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will discuss changes to the name and structure of the university’s Global Campus when it meets at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 30 for its formal session.

      Trustees also will review a proposal for the university’s operating budget for fiscal year 2022-23 and consider tuition rates for the upcoming academic year.

      Thursday’s meeting is open to members of the university community and general public. In-person seating for up to 25 individuals will be available in the President’s Conference Room/Lake Superior Room in the Bovee University Center. The meeting also will be available to view via this live stream link, and a recording of the meeting will remain online until 9:00 p.m. Thursday evening.

      Several Board of Trustees committees also will hold meetings this week. Highlights of the Wednesday meeting agendas include:
      • 12:45-1:00 p.m. — Policy and Bylaws Committee: Members will consider new traffic ordinances and traffic control orders during this brief session.
      • 1:00-2:00 p.m. — Academic and Student Affairs Committee: Evan Montague, executive director of Student Success, will provide an update on new student orientation, and Shaun Holtgreive, interim associate vice president of student affairs, will discuss upcoming student programs including IMPACT, Leadership Safari, Main Stage and Homecoming. 
      • 2:15-3:15 p.m. — Finance and Facilities Committee: Committee members will review consent agenda items, including changes to several investment policies, a gift administration fee, review of the quarterly endowments, scholarships and awards report, and approval of an easement. 
      The trustees-faculty and trustees-student liaison committees do not meet in June.

      Members of the university community and the general public may attend Wednesday’s committee meetings in person in the Bovee University Center’s Lake Superior Room or via this live stream link. Recordings of committee meetings will be available for view online through 9 p.m. Thursday, June 30. 

      Agendas for the June meetings are available on the Board of Trustees webpage.

      In accordance with the Board of Trustees bylaws, public comment will be allowed for Thursday's formal session by submitting a request online or visiting the Office of the President in Warriner Hall. 

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