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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 27-June 2

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      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of May 27-June 2 as captured by University Communications.

      A wide angle view of the side of the Park Library where a brick wall trails off into the distance with the sun, clouds and blue sky above.
      Blue skies and large clouds sit above the Park Library.
      Three students wearing t-shirts and shorts ride electric scooters down the sidewalk next to a parking lot.
      Summer is the perfect season to cruise around campus with friends on an electric scooter.
      A gazebo surrounded by trees in the Fabiano Botanical Garden.
      The gazebo by the Fabiano Botanical Garden is a peaceful place to seek shelter from the harsh summer sun.
      The sun peeks through green tree branches.
      The sun peeks through the trees at the Wakelin McNeel Woodlot by the Fabiano Botanical Garden.

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