Olivia White was named the Assistant Director of Student-Athlete Success/Athletics Diversity and Inculsion Designee in August 2024.
White joins SIUE Athletics after working as an Assistant Complex Coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin. She co-supervised 26 resident assistants and 1,300 students while supporting the implementation of social and education programming.
White will coordinate with SIUE Assistant Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Success Ashley Beaton Simpson on furthering department goals with regard to student-athlete development and DEI programs.
A 2022 graduate of Michigan State with a bachelor's degree in marketing and sport business management, White also earned a master's degree from Texas earlier this year in higher education leadership and policy.
At Texas, she was a lead teaching assistant for a course on "College Football in the South" and the executive assistant to Texas Director of Student-Athlete Development Dr. Shauna T. Sobers.
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