There, she wrote a dissertation on Victorian novels and the new laws being written then on domestic violence. Instead, she would go on to earn her bachelor’s degree in English, come home to Wyoming to complete a master’s degree and then study for her doctorate at the University of Florida. Though bound for medical school, she fell in love with literature. She earned scholarships to Creighton University, nearly 800 miles away in Omaha, Nebraska, but the financial challenges remained tangible. Neither of her parents were college graduates, but they supported their two daughters’ college aspirations – especially when Tromp decided she was going to become a doctor. Her father worked at one of the mines and then in a regional power plant. She grew up in Green River, Wyoming, a trona mining town along Interstate 80 that saw its population jump three-fold in the 1970s when nearby trona mines led an economic boom. At the University of California Santa Cruz, she launched faculty development initiatives, new support programs for staff, and led the community in the creation of a new Strategic Academic Plan.
She also co-chaired a university-wide task force aimed at combating sexual assault. Tromp was praised at Arizona State for overseeing new academic programs, including a new interdisciplinary forensics major and a cybersecurity initiative, and for creating mentoring programs for first-generation students. Tromp served as Arizona State University’s vice provost of the West campus and dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.
Before entering the University of California system – broadly recognized as the premier public university system in the country – Dr. News and World Report as the 26th best public university in the country. Provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, ranked by U.S.
In 2020, she propelled Boise State as a national thought leader and clearinghouse to support student engagement and wellbeing through the Project Launchpad Summit, a collaborative national effort to respond to the challenges our students are facing, and with Bronco Gap Year, which has provided students with a low-cost, flexible and individualized college learning experience. She formed strategic partnerships with industry, higher education and government by launching the Institute for Pervasive Cybersecurity and oversaw a record breaking year of $58 million in research awards. Since her arrival, she has focused on teaching, research and service by spearheading the Community Impact Program, providing educational opportunities to Idaho’s rural communities and the Hometown Challenge, which helps students return home to give back in their communities. Marlene Tromp became the seventh President of Boise State University and, in honor of her inauguration, developed an endowment for the Presidential True Blue Scholarship to assist more Idaho residents with the opportunity to attend college. Marlene Tromp, Admin Building, outdoor portrait by Priscilla Grover Meet Our President Boise State University’s 7th President Dr.
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