Priscilla W White

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Educational Leadership & Policy


Email: priscilla.white@austin.utexas.edu
Office: MAI 1
 
Priscilla White is a seasoned higher education leader with a wealth of experience in guiding people, technology, processes, and projects. She currently holds the position of Assistant Registrar at the University of Texas at Austin Office of the Registrar. Priscilla's influence extends through her committee appointments on both state and regional professional associations, TACRAO and SACRAO, and she is a member of national professional association, AACRAO. In 2022, she was selected to assist and granted a scholarship to attend the Texas Women in Higher Education Leadership annual conference.

Priscilla earned a baccalaureate degree in both Anthropology and Foreign Languages from Southern Methodist University and is currently pursuing an MEd in Higher Education Leadership and Policy from the University of Texas at Austin as a part-time student. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Priscilla directly serves students, faculty, and staff in workgroup and committee roles separate from her professional position. She serves on the Academic Affairs Proposal Tracking Committee led by the Graduate School since 2018, Faculty Council’s Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee and C-3 committees since 2020, and as an inaugural member of Undergraduate College’s Undergraduate College Steering Council since 2023. Priscilla has also led and contributed to many workgroups, including SB25 Degree Plan and RCS, CIP Coordination, and the University’s Strategic Plan 4.2 related workgroups.

With depth and breadth of expertise across multiple areas, Priscilla currently consults, facilitates, and oversees curricular publication and administration related to university catalogs, courses, credentials, and degree audits. Before this, she led course, exam, and room scheduling. Throughout her career, Priscilla has led large-scale technical implementations, re-architectured critical processes to meet evolving demands, and led teams successfully through large-scale changes. With a long career at the University of Texas at Austin spanning over 20 years, she has served in senior and leadership roles aligned within Information Technology, Student Information Systems, Admissions, Provost’s Office, Enrollment Management, Undergraduate College, and Student Affairs. Before working in higher education, Priscilla had a long career in the corporate world, with extensive experience in retail, mortgage banking, and project management.

Service to others is important and part of why Priscilla loves serving at UT Austin. With her oldest a cancer survivor and founder of a non-profit benefitting Dell Children's Medical Center, [link:www.liftbrigade.org]Lift Brigade, she is an active philanthropist, serving as Director for Lift Brigade and on the Dell Childrens Medical Center PFAC Advisory Council. Priscilla is also a founding member (now alum) of Young Men's Service League Cedar Park, a founding member (now alum) of National Charity League Austin 360, and has served on Executive Boards for a few local charitable booster organizations.