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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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      In Between the Trees: The Story of Idlewild and Woodland Park, Michigan

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      Photograph of filmmaker and author Rose Hammond

      The Clarke Historical Library Spring 2023 Speakers and Events presents a film screening of "In Between the Trees: The Story of Idlewild and Woodland Park, Michigan" with the filmmaker Rose Hammond. Join us Wednesday, March 1, at 5:00 p.m. in Park Library's Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium. 

      Idlewild and Woodland Park were among the country's first African American resorts owned and operated by African Americans; these resorts operated from the 1910s to the 1960s when civil rights legislation was enacted to dismantle segregation and combat racial discrimination. "In Between the Trees" has been lauded at several film festivals, including the LA Independent Women Film Awards, New York Independent Cinema Awards, and the Detroit Black Film Festival. A Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the film screening. Please join us for a reception in the Clarke after the event. 

      Learn more about all the Clarke's Spring 2023 speakers and events at clarke.cmich.edu/SpeakerSeries 

      This event is free and open to the public. Individuals needing accommodations should contact the Clarke at clarke@cmich.edu or by phone at 989-774-3864.

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