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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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      CMU, Faculty Association announce contract agreement

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      Central Michigan University and the CMU Faculty Association today announced the ratification of a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. The ratification followed voting by members of the FA, which concluded last week.

      The FA, representing more than 500 faculty members, is affiliated with the Michigan Education Association. 

      Members of the Faculty Association and CMU administrators met 11 times during the months of May and June in formal bargaining sessions. The new agreement, ratified today, provides for bargaining unit members: salary increases each year for the next five years, increases in the university’s contributions to members’ medical insurance, increased support for parental leave and added support for sabbatical leave. 

      “Throughout our meetings, both CMU and Faculty Association representatives worked in good faith to wrestle with and come to an accord on several important and complex matters,” said Dennis Armistead, executive director of Faculty Personnel Services. “We are pleased with the newly ratified contract.”

      While ratified today, the agreement is effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and lasts through June 30, 2029.

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