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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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      Health Administration students and faculty to present at prestigious research conference

      by Kathleen Hodgkins
      CMU’s newly accredited Master of Health Administration (MHA) program and a well-established Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) program have achieved international recognition. MHA and DHA graduates will have a unique opportunity to share their scientific findings and interact with thousands of like-minded Academy of Management members from around the world.

      A research team of recent MHA graduates (Hayley Schroeder, Muna Abdulmajid & Morgan Binge), led by a recent Doctor of Health Administration alum Rodina Bizri-Baryak, and a CMU faculty member Dr. Lana Ivanitskaya, will present at one of the most prestigious research conferences in the world, the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Their 38-page paper titled “Rethinking the U.S. Healthcare System: Policy-Relevant Insights from Social Media Analyses” passed a rigorous peer review by the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management.

      The Academy of Management's Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of management and organization scholars in the world. This event gives over 6,000 members the opportunity to network, share their research, learn about the latest trends in management, and improve their papers.

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