Volunteering has helped be as a student, a citizen, and photographer.

Meg Vogel, a senior photojournalism major and treasurer of OHIO's chapter of the National Press Photographers Association, has volunteered with the University's Empower Campaign, a non-profit group dedicated to educating AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda, and is also a member of Alpha Phi Omega, OHIO's community service fraternity. "I'm one of those people who like to experience it all and constantly meet new people," she says. "When I started giving back to the community, I started to appreciate my education more. I've seen how photography and storytelling make more people aware of what is going on down the street or a world away. And that's why I pick up my camera everyday and shoot."