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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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      The week in photos: Aug. 26-Sept. 1

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1 as captured by University Communications.

      A busy group of students walk and ride bikes and scooters along a sidewalk. Large green trees flank the sidewalk.
      Life at Central was as vibrant as ever as students returned to campus for the start of another GREAT semester!
      A crowd of CMU students cheer from the stands during a football game as President Davies stands nearby, gazing at the field.
      CMU students rally behind their team during a key play at Thursday night’s home opener in Kelly/Shorts stadium as President Davies looks on.
      CMU football players celebrate in the end zone following a touchdown.
      CMU running back B.J. Harris celebrates with his teammates after a 9-yard touchdown run. In their first game of the season, the CMU Chippewas ran past the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils, 66-10.
      Members of the CMU marching band pose for a group photo on the Kelly/Shorts turf.
      The student leadership team in the Chippewa Marching Band poses for a group photo in Kelly/Shorts stadium. For their 102nd year as the Spirit of the Stadium, the CMB debuted brand new uniforms at Thursday night’s home opener against Central Connecticut State.
      A locked suitcase sits on a table as a faculty member and students are blurred in the background.
      Who said syllabus week couldn’t be fun? Students in Professor Jonathan Truitt’s Latin American Experience class pieced together their syllabus by searching for clues to solve puzzles, turning their Pearce Hall classroom into an escape room!
      Inside a dance studio, Assistant Professor Heather Trommer-Beardslee instructs a group of dance students.
      Assistant Professor Heather Trommer-Beardslee instructs students at their first day of jazz dance class in Rose/Ryan Center.

       

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