Since her appointment, President Linda Oubré has been on a listening tour—meeting with hundreds of students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends of the College on campus and around the world to hear about their hopes and aspirations for Whittier.
When meeting new Poets, she asks the same question, “If I had a magic wand and could do anything, what would they like to see?”
Oubré adds, “The point is to forget practical constraints for just a minute and be aspirational. I would love for everyone at Whittier to think in aspirational ways. Then we can take on the challenge together of putting those aspirations within reach.”
In addition to meeting with Poets on campus and in the greater Los Angeles area, Oubré has attended Whittier gatherings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Gifu and Tokyo, Japan. She plans on visiting more locations in the spring.