Bowling Green State University (BGSU) student Amelia Alexander was nationally recognized for her campus civic engagement efforts in 2025.
Alexander was recognized as a member of the 2026 Student Voting Honor Roll, which is a part of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. Of the students nominated, Alexander was one of 168 students chosen for the award.
“I’ve been doing this since my freshman year, and so for me, it’s very much a full-circle moment getting this recognition,” Alexander said. “This is something that I came to college [for] and became really passionate about very quickly. I think that my understanding of college students and the barriers they face has really grown throughout my time doing this work.”
This is the fifth annual Student Voting Honor Roll, recognizing students across the United States who have successfully advanced nonpartisan civic engagement among college students on their campuses. ALL IN partners with more than 1,000 colleges and enrolls more than 10 million students.
Working in the Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement, Alexander specializes in BGSU Votes. Her role consists of coordinating classroom presentations, registering voters, assisting with absentee ballots and answering voting questions.
In the 2025 fall semester, Alexander coordinated 46 classroom presentations and helped register 359 voters on campus. During the classroom presentations, 1,633 students were presented with voting information.
“For me, the most important part of this job is being able to make the process easy for students,” she said. “I think one thing that’s very difficult in college is that you’re moving around a lot. So with voting, you’re in a new community and like ‘Do I register here, at home and either way, where do I go when I want to vote?’”
Helping with voting challenges and concerns allows Alexander to engage with students about something she is passionate about—something she feels is the most rewarding aspect of her role with BGSU Votes.
“The most rewarding part of this work is being able to connect with students and give them the resources they need to be able to vote in a way that is collaborative and encouraging,” she said.
Both BGSU Votes and ALL IN are nonpartisan organizations, something that is meaningful to Alexander and her passion for civic engagement.
“Giving students a voice and the ability to share their opinions, regardless of who they’re going to vote for, is really important and meaningful to me,” Alexander said. “To be able to connect with all kinds of students from all different walks of life, and no matter what they believe, they’re able to participate through voting.”
When thinking about being selected for national recognition, Alexander said she thought back to first getting involved in civic engagement at BGSU and how much she has grown over that time period.
“I think I just remembered when I first started here, and it made me really proud,” said Alexander. “I knew I wanted to get involved, but I didn’t have a deep understanding of every issue that students might face with voting. So just the thought back to that, realizing that I’ve kind of come a long way from being somebody interested in helping out to somebody who is extremely involved in that process.”
