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[[File:Jeni-W.jpgpng|alt=|thumb|Jeni-W.jpg]]'''Serving as UIF since:''' Fall 2016<br />

'''What she does now:''' content lifecycle marketing and writing for an education company startup <br />'''What that means:''' she helps connect teachers and students with a tool for grading and analyzing learning tools that make their lives better<br />'''Contact her about:''' marketing, startups, traveling, art, coffee, makerspaces, and designing your life after graduation!<br />

Jeni Weber earned her Bachelors degree in Marketing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). <br /><br />She is now a marketing specialist for an education company that focuses on unlocking 's spent the creative wisdom of teachers. Previously, she was the social media and digital past 6+ years doing marketing manager for an education technology startup that used AI companies, seeing two companies through to read and grade student handwriting, offering teachers deeper insights and bridging the digital divide for studentsacquisition. She's worked on implementing marketing campaigns, creating content, customer support, and product quality assurance. Being able to wear many hats is what she loves most about the currently works for an AI education startup environment. <br /> <br />Jeni's introduction to startups was in 2015 when she joined the first student-created startup company of UAB's Innovation Lab, Satterfield Technologies. She worked on business models, branding, and outreach. This work allowed her to rapidly learn through both the Innovation Lab's mentors and hands-on experience. It was her initiation to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. Jeni became a University Innovation Fellow in the Fall of 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley Meetups in March 2017 and November 2017. Her work as a Fellow while in school involved creating and maintaining the UAB Makerspace, a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. She enjoyed the process of helping the space grow and facilitating educational events there.<br /><br />But most of Jeni graduated in April of 2017, but she continues to contribute to the University Innovation Fellows program's work as a Fellow happened ''after'' graduating. Since 20172018, she Jeni has annually interviewed candidates for the University Innovation Fellows program and . She's supported new fellows at campuses around the world through their 6-week UIF trainingand beyond. Since graduatingShe helped host the Silicon Valley Meetups as a "FAB" in March 2022 and March 2023, Jeni has implemented as well as the design thinking she learned from UIF to her lifefirst University of Twente Meetup in April 2024. Shewrote the article "A Guide to Sharing Your Work" for the first edition of ''Change Forward''s worked as a freelance marketer, a customer assistant at UIF publication. Jeni once took a yoga studio, personality test and spent a year teaching English in Thailand discovered that 4 out of 5 of her top strengths have to do with empathizing with and Bulgariasupporting other people. Her current job integrates those experiencesShe realized two things after taking that test: 1) what makes the UIF program so special to her is the human connection, as well as and 2) her love of fast-paced startup culture. She currently lives in Denver, Coloradofavorite way to contribute to the UIF program is by supporting incoming Fellows and their mentors. <br /><br />