“It’s a sign of good leadership and tough leadership during these times when people disagree and I respect the disagreement,” Oubré said of the campaign by an alumni group titled Save Whittier College ...

Men’s lacrosse at Whittier College will return for the 2025-26 academic year as a club team thanks to a nearly $200,000 alumni-led donation, which follows the shutdown of the school’s NCAA Division ...

Asked to identify the anonymous group, Santana pointed to Save Whittier College, a self-described group of “alumni, friends, donors, former trustees and family members,” some of whom signed their ...

The president of Whittier College announced her resignation Friday amid financial troubles, plunging enrollment and criticism of her performance at one of California’s oldest liberal arts ...

Under pressure from alumni groups angry about her leadership, Whittier College president Linda Oubré announced her resignation, effective at the end of June, in an email to campus Friday. Oubré had ...

“Whittier College is a strong institution in the middle of a challenging chapter,” and alumni, faculty and staff “have raised important questions about Whittier’s future direction,” the ...

Gastelum comes into the chair position after a concerted effort by a Whittier College alumni group to oust its president. Linda Oubré — less than a month after insisting she wouldn’t resign ...

The Whittier College Wardman House, once home to college presidents, has been sold to a local couple who vows to keep the beloved mansion open for alumni, and – eventually – historic home tours.

Up a small flight of stairs, behind a heavy, turn-of-the-century door, Linda Oubré is conductor. Whittier College’s 15th president, on this mid-April day, is simultaneously summoning an IT ...