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    Performance Learning

  • What does Performance Learning do for you?

    • Fast-tracks your career
    • Provides on-the-job training
    • Makes you stand out to employers

    At Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP, we believe that what makes us unique is not simply what you learn, but how you learn. Run your own business. Conduct graduate-level research. Take part in contemporary theatrical productions. Get a head start on your future with Performance Learning. All starting on day one at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP.

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  • What is Performance Learning?

    Performance Learning is one of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP's core learning philosophies, where students are offered a wide range of opportunities to test drive their skills in an environment outside of the classroom to real-world situations through internships, research, global opportunities and more.

  • StudentSpotlight

    When Brandilyn Wegmann transferred to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP University, she expected to focus on one thing: becoming a teacher. Instead, she found a campus community that helped shape her as a leader, mentor, teammate, and future educator.

  • $3.2M HealthSciences Center

    The state-of-the-art facility opened in Spring 2024 and features the Campbell Family Nursing Simulation Center, Health Assessment Lab, a collaborative graduate learning space and various office spaces.

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  • Performance Learning Stories

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    • Students and faculty member in Korea

      Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Students Explore Korean Culture Through ED360 Immersion Course

      August 31, 2026
    • MBA Capstone

      MBA Students deliver AI-Powered business solutions for S.I.C. Recycling through Performance Learning

      June 03, 2026
      Performance LearningMBAAccelerated MBACommunity PartnershipsTabor School of Business
    • 1901 Productions

      Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Film Students Showcase Creativity Through Two Major Campus Film Events

      May 28, 2026
      Performance LearningSchool of Art & Creative MediaCollege of Fine Arts1901 ProductionsStudent-Run Ventures
  • Performance Learning Through Student-Run Ventures

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    Blue Connection

    Blue Connection is Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP University's student-run arts entrepreneurship learning lab. Students develop, promote, exhibit, and share creative work while learning how arts organizations, community projects, and creative businesses operate.
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      Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Creates

    • Lights against mirrors

      Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre

    • Students with laptops collaborating

      MU Performance Consulting

  • Performance Learning Examples

    • Four people listening to a speaker at a podium

      Big Blue Backpacks Kicks Off Seventh Year

    • Hospital beds in health sciences center

      Campbell Family Nursing Simulation Center

      Part of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP’s new $3.2 million Health Sciences Center, the Campbell Family Nursing Simulation Center provides cutting-edge instruction opportunities for students in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP’s School of Nursing.
    • Celebrations of Scholarship

    • Decaturian

    • Ecological Journeys

    • MUPC

      Performance Learning Opportunities Thrive at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP University Performance Consulting (MUPC)

    • Student spreading wing of an owl

      Illinois Raptor Center


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      Internships

    • James Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Honors Scholars Program

    • Pre-Optometry

      Leighty Science Scholars Program

    • Two Students at a desk collaborating

      Moot Court

    • New Musicals Workshop

    • Studio Pressure Night

    • Students holding up a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP flag

      Study Abroad

      Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP students have the opportunity to live and study in other countries. The Center for International Education is proud to sponsor several ongoing international opportunities.
    • Finance Majors

      Tabor Investment Portfolio

    • Student inside broadcasting room

      WJMU

Apply today to #MakeItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP!

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