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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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      Search begins for AVP, Financial Services and Reporting/Controller

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      Central Michigan University Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services Mary Moran Hill has appointed a committee to assist in the search for CMU’s next Associate Vice President, Financial Services and Reporting/Controller. The new AVP will replace Hill, who was named Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in December 2022.  

      Hill has appointed Jonathan Webb, associate vice president for facilities management, as chair of the search committee. Other members of the committee are:

      • Kim Wagester, assistant controller, Financial Services. 
      • Manuel Rupe, senior associate dean for legal affairs, CMU College of Medicine.
      • Kevin Wilson, assistant director, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
      • Darcy Wilson, executive director, Innovation and Portfolio Management.
      • Cali Clark, director, employment and compensation, Human Resources Employment Services.
      • Mitchel Hartman, administrative assistant to the vice president, Finance and Administrative Services. 

      The search will be conducted over the course of the spring 2023 semester and will be supported by Central Michigan University Human Resources and the Office of Civil Rights and Institutional Equity.

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