master of education degree in higher education<\/a> through Penn State World Campus. A few weeks later, she walked across a different stage, celebrating her first-runner-up finish as Miss Pennsylvania 2026.<\/p>\nImmersed in higher education<\/p>\n
Gable described Penn State World Campus as \u201cthe glue\u201d that holds her busy life together. The flexibility of its online learning allowed her to balance a full-time job, compete as a baton twirler, and pursue her goal of becoming Miss Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
\u201cPenn State allows you to have everything \u2014 it\u2019s the connection piece,\u201d she said. \u201cThe courses connect to what I\u2019m doing in my day-to-day life. I was able to learn in a more intentional way. I would not have been able to earn my degree without World Campus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Creating change through higher education has always been a dream for Gable. What began as an interest in politics evolved into a broader desire to understand what makes a university thrive, she said.<\/p>\n
When she was an undergraduate at the University of Cincinnati, she immersed herself in student organizations and served in roles within the university\u2019s senior leadership offices.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was everywhere I could possibly be. I wanted to experience it and be connected,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Now a young professional, Gable said she has her sights set on becoming a university president. She is paving her path toward senior leadership by gaining experience in many areas of higher education. Currently she works as an admissions counselor for the Penn State Schreyer Honors College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. \u2014 For Penn State alumna April Gable, higher education is more than a career. It\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-261444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}