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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: May 20-26

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of May 20-26 as captured by University Communications.

      A closeup of a tree branch where a squirrel crouches, looking at the camera.
      CMU is known for a number of things including its hands-on approach to higher education AND its abundant population of squirrels!
      The U.S. flag and CMU flag fly on a flag pole, waving in the breeze.
      The United States and CMU flags fly boldly over Warriner Hall.
      A college student relaxes in a hammock under shaded trees near a pond.
      CMU junior Aaron Moore enjoys some time outside in his hammock at the Wakelin McNeel Woodlot on campus.
      A college student wearing a Fire Up Chips shirt lunges toward a tennis ball while playing tennis.
      CMU junior Aaron Moore hustles to return a serve at the tennis courts by the Student Activity Center.

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