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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: June 24-30

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of June 24-30 as captured by University Communications.

      Students hold large nets while standing in a stream on Beaver Island.
      CMU students and faculty collect and catalog fish, as part of a stream ecology course on Beaver Island.
      CMU students set up nets in the mouth of the Jordan River on Beaver Island.
      CMU students set up nets to collect fish at the mouth of the Jordan River on Beaver Island.
      Biology students sit in chairs inside a lodge as a fire burns in the fireplace in the background.
      Biology students from across the nation travel to Beaver Island to conduct freshwater research with CMU faculty. Here, they’re pictured enjoying a brief respite in the lounge at CMU’s Biological Station.
      Students and faculty members get caught in a storm while netting for fish.
      Students and faculty with CMU’s InSciTE program (The Integration of Science, Technology and Engineering) get caught in a storm while netting for fish.
      CMU President Bob Davies smiles white sitting at a large table during the Board of Trustees meeting.
      President Bob Davies gives his Presidential Report to members of the Board of Trustees. Last week, the board voted on a new budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and approved tuition, housing and food rates for the upcoming academic year.

       

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