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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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      Students support mid-Michigan school music programs

      by Sanjna Jassi
      The CMU chapter of the National Association for Music Education has raised $1,000 to support music programs in two mid-Michigan school districts.

      The Central Michigan University chapter of the National Association for Music Education has raised $1,000 to support music programs in two mid-Michigan school districts.

      With help from Kristin Pagels, director of music events in the School of Music, and Logos Galore, a local screen-printing company, the chapter created and sold School of Music apparel as a fundraiser. The proceeds were divided between the music programs of Beal City and Shepherd public schools to support music education and provide more opportunities for students passionate about music.

      "We knew that we wanted to give money to local schools because of COVID-19 and how it hurt schools' music programs and their funding," said Andrew Warriner, a fourth-year CMU student from Marshall, Michigan, majoring in music education. "We were originally going to give to one school, but because we had such a successful fundraiser, we're able to give to two."

      NAfME promotes and supports music education in schools and advocates musical involvement for all. CMU's chapter has 35 active student members who share their passion by creating valuable experiences in music education.

      Written by University Communications interns Caroline Kramer and Eva Steepe.

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      Beal City students accept the check from CMU's National Association for Music Education chapter.

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