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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 takes on theater festival

      by Sanjna Jassi
      CMU theater students and faculty attended the 2019 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Madison, Wisconsin.

      Eight Central Michigan University students and theatre faculty members Ann Dasen and Paul Collins attended the regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Madison, Wisconsin, in January.

      KCACTF brings together students from colleges and universities throughout the United States. The program provides students an opportunity to compete, enjoy productions and participate in workshops.

      Theatre and interpretation student Adie Harig received the Society of Properties Artisan Management Award as well as honorable mention in the Allied Design & Technologies Award. Theater and interpretation student Emily Mick was a finalist for her stage management work in “Shakuntala.”

      Actors compete after months of preparation that includes finding material, rehearsing, getting coached, etc. Stage managers and design/tech students also have to spend equally as long preparing, as they have to give a presentation about whatever projects they have completed.

      Workshops are tailored to attendees’ interests and include acting, design, and tech or stage management.

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