San Francisco State University’s (SFSU) College of Business recently honored Dean Linda Oubré with the Bert King Award for Service. King graduated from SFSU College of Business in 1970 and is remembered for his achievements in furthering educational opportunities for African American students.
Dean Oubré will receive the award on February 6, 2016 during a ceremony hosted by the Harvard Business School at the African American Student Union/African American Alumni conference.
With a career spanning 30 years, Oubré is dedicated to enabling students of color as they pursue their degrees. She funds the Linda and Nathaniel Oubré Leadership Scholarship for low-income students and the Ernest C. Dillard Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund, which assists the college’s labor studies program.
Oubré began her tenure as dean of the school in July 2015. In a recent interview, she discussed what makes the SFSU MBA program unique. “The fact that we have a great location and such great faculty [differentiates the program]. The Downtown Campus is right where professionals are and that makes it very convenient. We are great academically, and the faculty is excellent, both in terms of breadth and depth. We have a large number of faculty (some of the other programs in the Bay Area have a much smaller faculty) and they are very entrepreneurial, very innovative and they are passionate about teaching. We also have a strong emphasis on sustainability. We’ve opened a new Center for Ethnical and Sustainable Business, and we teach sustainability across all areas of the curriculum.”