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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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      Students work at virus testing site

      by Sanjna Jassi
      CMU College of Medicine students in Saginaw experience real-world learning by helping doctors with COVID-19 testing.

      Central Michigan University College of Medicine fourth-year medical students put their skills to work recently volunteering to help out at Great Lakes Bay Health Centers' drive-through COVID-19 testing center on Lapeer Avenue in Saginaw, Michigan.

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      College of Medicine student Patrick Bishop and Dr. Derek Williams of Great Lakes Bay Health Centers check their social distancing at a drive-through testing site.

      The students worked alongside doctors and health care workers administering nasal swab tests. They made sure vials were labeled properly, helped bag the tests and assisted with paperwork.

      Some students, such as Yasmeen Mann, also helped physicians by connecting with patients participating in telehealth services.

      "Our clinicals were canceled, but we are still serving our community," said medical student Lindsay Murphy. "We were all honored to do this.

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      Working at home, College of Medicine student Yasmeen Mann assists with telehealth services.

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