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[[File:Jeni-W.jpg|thumb|Jeni-W.jpg]]'''Serving as UIF since:''' Fall 2016<br />
 
[[File:Jeni-W.jpg|thumb|Jeni-W.jpg]]'''Serving as UIF since:''' Fall 2016<br />
 
'''School:''' University of Alabama at Birmingham <br />
 
'''School:''' University of Alabama at Birmingham <br />
'''What she does now:''' Freelance Marketing<br />
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'''What she does now:''' remote teacher <br />
'''What that means:''' manages digital marketing efforts and creates social media content for small businesses<br />
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'''What that means:''' teaches English online while living abroad <br />
  
 
'''Contact her about:''' marketing, startups, art, coffee, makerspaces, and designing your life after graduation!<br />
 
'''Contact her about:''' marketing, startups, art, coffee, makerspaces, and designing your life after graduation!<br />
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Jeni Weber is a former University Innovation Fellow who graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in April of 2017. Her sophomore year of college, she worked for a tech startup, Satterfield Technologies, the first student startup of the Innovation Lab at Innovation Depot. This experience was her introduction to the world of innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology. It led to her joining her fellow students in creating the UAB MakerSpace, a student-run organization dedicated to giving users a place to bring their ideas to life. Her senior year, she became a University Innovation Fellow, continued to work at maintaining and improving the UAB MakerSpace, and worked with her cohort and faculty to try to reframe the freshman experience and implement changes in the university’s core curriculum. She has had the privilege of attending the March 2017 Silicon Valley Meetup and the ui5 design event at Stanford in November 2017.
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Jeni Weber is a former University Innovation Fellow who graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in April of 2017. In college, she worked with the first student startup company of UAB's Innovation Lab. This experience was her introduction to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. <br /><br />Her work at UAB involved creating the UAB Makerspace with her cohort. The UAB Makerspace is a student-run organization that provides people with the resources to make their ideas happen. Jeni also worked with students and faculty on reframing the freshman experience. She and her cohort advocated for changes in the university’s core curriculum. <br /><br />
 
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Jeni has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with a concentration in Marketing Management. She continues to apply design thinking to her life by prototyping different careers and lifestyles. She believes in staying curious and open to new opportunities. <br /><br />
Jeni has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with a concentration in Marketing Management. Since graduating, she moved to Southern California, does marketing consulting for small businesses, works at a yoga studio, and is using design thinking to build her dream career and life.  
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Since graduating, Jeni has been a digital marketing consultant, a yoga studio assistant, and an English teacher. She spent 6 months teaching English in Thailand and learning about the educational ecosystem there. Jeni is currently living in Bulgaria learning from a community of people who work online. <br /><br />
  
  

Revision as of 20:52, 14 August 2019

Jeni-W.jpg

Serving as UIF since: Fall 2016

School: University of Alabama at Birmingham
What she does now: remote teacher
What that means: teaches English online while living abroad

Contact her about: marketing, startups, art, coffee, makerspaces, and designing your life after graduation!
Email: jeniweber19@gmail.com


Jeni Weber is a former University Innovation Fellow who graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in April of 2017. In college, she worked with the first student startup company of UAB's Innovation Lab. This experience was her introduction to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Her work at UAB involved creating the UAB Makerspace with her cohort. The UAB Makerspace is a student-run organization that provides people with the resources to make their ideas happen. Jeni also worked with students and faculty on reframing the freshman experience. She and her cohort advocated for changes in the university’s core curriculum.

Jeni has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with a concentration in Marketing Management. She continues to apply design thinking to her life by prototyping different careers and lifestyles. She believes in staying curious and open to new opportunities.

Since graduating, Jeni has been a digital marketing consultant, a yoga studio assistant, and an English teacher. She spent 6 months teaching English in Thailand and learning about the educational ecosystem there. Jeni is currently living in Bulgaria learning from a community of people who work online.


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Fall 2016

Hayley Adkins

Kane Agan

Dave Long

Abdallah J. Matta

Joe Freddie Moore

Asutosh Nanda

Jeni Weber

Fall 2015

Rohit Borah

Forrest Satterfield

John Shelley

Murray Ladner