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[[File:Jeni-W.jpg|thumb|Jeni-W.jpg]]'''Serving as UIF since:''' Fall 2016<br />
'''School:''' University of Alabama at Birmingham <br />
'''What she does now:''' content marketing and writing for an education company startup <br />'''What that means:''' she helps connect teachers to the with resources they need to teach at their bestand opportunities<br />'''Contact her about:''' marketing, startups, traveling, art, coffee, makerspaces, and designing your life after graduation!<br />
'''Email:''' jeniweber19@gmail.com<br />
Jeni Weber earned her Bachelors degree in Marketing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). <br /><br />She is now a 's spent the past few years doing marketing specialist for an education company that focuses on unlocking the collective wisdom of teacherstechnology companies, seeing two companies through to acquisition. Previously, she was the social media and digital marketing manager She currently works for an education technology startup that used AI to read and grade student handwriting -- offering teachers deeper insights and bridging addresses the teacher shortage in the digital divide for studentsU. She helped lead that startup to acquisitionS. 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 startup environmentby connecting schools with online teachers. <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 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.<br /><br />
But most of Jeni's work as a Fellow happened ''after'' graduating. For five yearsSince 2018, Jeni has annually interviewed candidates for the University Innovation Fellows program. She's supported new fellows at seven schools across campuses around the world through their 6-week UIF trainingand beyond. She helped host the Silicon Valley Meetup Meetups as a "FAB" in March 2022and March 2023. She also wrote the article "A Guide to Sharing Your Work" for the first edition of ''Change Forward'', a UIF publication. Jeni once took a personality test and discovered that four 4 out of five 5 of her top strengths are about have to do with empathizing with and supporting other people. She realized two things after taking that test: 1) what makes the UIF program so special to her is the human connection, and 2) being a supporter her favorite way to contribute to the UIF program is its own kind of superpowerto support incoming Fellows.<br /><br />