Back to the Syracuse Orange Newsfeed

Syracuse Orange: Athletics department creates post focused on diversity

Syracuse Orange (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)

The Syracuse Orange athletics department has named Salatha Willis to a newly established position focused on diversity, culture and climate.

Syracuse Orange athletics director John Wildhack has appointed Salatha Willis to a newly created post at the university, effective immediately, where he will focus on diversity, culture and climate, according to an announcement on cuse.com.

Willis is now Syracuse’s associate athletic director of diversity, culture and climate within the Orange’s athletics department. Here is more information on his new position from the press release.

“Willis will be charged with developing and implementing new approaches to creating a highly engaged, inclusive and equitable culture for all of the University’s student-athletes, administrators, coaches and staff in the athletics department.