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Jill Puckett is a current University Innovation Fellow from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is a junior majoring in Advertising[[File:JillPuckettHeadshot.PNG|thumb]] and Promotion in the Haworth College of Business with minors in General Business and Gender and Women's Studies. Jill is originally from Marshall, Michigan, but is enjoying her time in Kalamazoo as a student. Jill currently works as an office assistant in the Office of the Vice President for Research at Western Michigan University. Beginning in summer 2017, Jill will take on the Marketing Capabilities and Strategies Intern position at Amway in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jill plans to graduate in spring 2018 and move on to grad school to earn her Masters in Market Research before starting her career.

Hi friends! My name is Jill is an active member of both AdClub and the Innovation Club at I am a 2017 Fellow from Western Michigan Universityin Kalamazoo, Michigan. In AdClub, she holds the position of Guest Speaker Coordinator where she ensures that each meeting has a unique guest speaker I graduated from the advertising industry WMU in April 2018 and that they have everything they need for a successful presentation. In the Innovation Club, Jill fills the role of Marketing Coordinator now work in which she helps create promotions data science as an Associate Client Manager (doing market research) for the club as well as assists NielsenIQ in event planning and executionGrand Rapids, MI. The Innovation Club is a student group on WMUWhen I's campus dedicated m not at work, I love to getting students involved in their own learning as well as implementing a makerspace on campus. Though the club is new spend time with my family and ever-changingfriends, Jill is excited to be involved in an opportunity that connects students with resources outside (kayaking, hiking, camping, etc) and people that can help them achieve successread.

In addition to being a part While I was in school, I worked on several projects with the help of AdClub UIF and the Innovation Clubmy training, including growing our makerspace, establishing design thinking workshops in First Year Experience courses, Jill is also and establishing a member of the Lee Honor's College and the Student Co-Facilitator for the Phoenix Program Projects Fund. One of the Haworth College my favorite aspects of Business. Through the Lee Honors College, Jill has been able my UIF experience was getting to take small honors classes, volunteer, work with so many passionate individuals from all walks of life and go on small day trips aimed at giving students opportunities to learn outside of the classroomdifferent educational backgrounds. In addition, during her freshman year, she was able to take I am a Study in firm believer that diverse teams are the States course in which she travelled to Detroit, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; Chicago, IL; Boulder, CO; and Austin, TX to study entrepreneurship and start-up culture in thriving start-up cities.best teams!

For the Phoenix Program, Jill works diligently Please feel free to help facilitate a peer mentorship program for students who are on academic probation get in the Haworth College of Business. Included in this work is training mentors, mentoring students, creating curriculum for the Phoenix class, and working on College 101 days in which at-risk high school students are brought on campus and shown how they can succeed in higher educationtouch any time via email (listed above). Jill's favorite part of working in the Phoenix Program has been getting through I would love to struggling students to show them that they can be successful in academia.hear from you![[Category:Student Contributors]]In her free time, Jill loves to be outside - whether it be skiing, rollerblading, or golfing - and spending time with friends and family. She also loves to travel, especially taking road trips with friends to new places. In addition, she is an animal lover and can often be found snuggling with her two cats, Roxy and Steve.[[Category:Western_Michigan_University_(2017_Spring_cohort)]][[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]{{CatTree|Western_Michigan_University}}