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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 offers two options for on-campus flu shots

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      Central Michigan University students, faculty and staff are highly encouraged to vaccinate against the flu to prevent a second communicable disease from spreading during the COVID-19 pandemic. CMU is offering two ways to get a flu shot on campus in October.

      Central Michigan University students, faculty and staff are highly encouraged to vaccinate against the flu to prevent a second communicable disease from spreading during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      CMU is offering two ways to get a flu shot on campus in October.

      "Vaccination will prevent severe cases of influenza," said Dr. George E. Kikano, CMU vice president for health affairs and dean of the  College of Medicine. "We want our campus community to stay well, and by reducing flu cases, we can alleviate some pressure on a health care system already stressed by a pandemic."

      Kikano said behaviors to slow the spread of COVID-19 also apply to the flu.

      "The flu vaccine combined with COVID-19 preventive guidelines ― hand washing, wearing masks, covering coughs and sneezes, and continuing to socially distance ― should result in fewer incidents of flu," he said.

      Here are details of flu shot availability on campus:

      CMU Student Health Services
      • Flu shots for students, faculty and staff are available at CMU Student Health Services, Foust Hall, Room 220 (second floor).
      • Hours are 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walk-ins are welcome. Appointments are not needed.
      • While most insurance plans cover the flu shot, please check with your insurance carrier. For faculty and staff, Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance through CMU covers the flu shot with no out-of-pocket cost.
      • For questions or to make an appointment, call 989-774-6599.
      Alana's Foundation one-day, pop-up clinic
      • Alana's Foundation will sponsor a one-day flu shot clinic at the Bovee University Center Rotunda, 103 E. Preston, Mount Pleasant, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26.
      • The Alana's Foundation clinic is open to students, faculty, staff and the public.
      • To ensure adequate vaccine supply, preregistration is highly recommended. Register here: https://flu.vna.org, clinic ID: 1170, passcode: RNZH5Yd.
      • Please bring a copy of your insurance card. If you are uninsured or underinsured, Alana's Foundation will subsidize the cost of your vaccine.
      • All attendees must complete an online consent form, available at https://flu.vna.org, clinic ID: 1170, passcode: RNZH5Yd. Children under age 17 must have their consent form completed and signed by a parent or guardian.
      • Face masks are required of all participants.
      • The clinic is sponsored by Alana's Foundation and staffed by the Michigan Community Visiting Nurses Association.
      • Please contact info@alanafoundation.org with questions regarding the one-day flu shot clinic.

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