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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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      CMU College of Medicine resident physicians gear up for SIMWars competition

      by Alexandria Rene

      Emergency medicine residents from Central Michigan University's College of Medicine and across Michigan will put their expertise to the test during this year’s Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association of Michigan (EMRAM) SIMWars, an annual competition involving high-pressure medical simulation scenarios.

      The 13th annual SIMWars competition, sponsored by EMRAM and the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians, will be hosted by CMU on April 10 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the college’s education building located on 1632 Stone Street.

      A total of 10 teams from residency programs across Michigan will be tested on their skill and abilities for the chance to win the title.

      The CMU Simulation team along with Drs. Jon Deibel, Andrew Bazakis, and Belinda Kakos, as well as various members of the emergency medicine faculty from CMU, developed various life-threatening scenarios for residents to collaborate in teams.

      “We understand by creating these artificial situations that mimic real-life medical encounters truly helps resident physicians to hone their skills, provide the best possible care, and diminish the possibility of medical errors in the future,” said Dr. Andrew Bazakis, Co-Director of Emergency Medicine Simulation.

      Each team will perform five different cases and all teams will be judged for all rotations with the top two teams moving to the finals. An expert panel will judge each team’s performance in the areas of diagnostics, therapeutics, communication, leadership, stress management, and overall patient care.

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