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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. 

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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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      University community invited to attend the 2021 State of the University address

      by Sanjna Jassi
      Central Michigan University President Bob Davies will deliver his second State of the University Address Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

      Central Michigan University President Bob Davies will deliver his second State of the University address at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3.

      As part of CMU's ongoing efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, the event will be available via livestream only. Students, faculty, staff, community partners, alumni and friends may view the address on the Office of the President website.

      Although State of the University addresses typically dedicate a significant portion of time to highlights of the past year, Davies said this year's address will be more forward-looking.

      "The challenges of 2020 presented us with an extraordinary opportunity to rethink what our university can and should be moving forward," Davies wrote in a message to the campus community.

      Davies said he will provide an update on CMU's Strategic Envisioning Process and outline ambitious yet attainable goals for CMU's future.

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