The University of Vermont on Monday named Dr. Marlene Tromp, Boise State University’s president, as the sole finalist in its presidential search.
Tromp has served in the top role at Boise State University since 2019, and previously served as the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as the dean and vice provost at Arizona State University.
“We are delighted to announce that the University of Vermont Board of Trustees has approved Dr. Marlene Tromp as sole finalist for the position of university president,” Cynthia Barnhart, the chair of the UVM Board of Trustees, and Ron Lumbra, the past chair of the board, said in a release.
She will visit UVM’s campus Tuesday and Wednesday this week, where students, staff and faculty will be able to meet with Tromp. An open forum is scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, in the Silver Maple Ballroom of the Dudley H. Davis Center.
Tromp’s selection as the university’s sole finalist follows a six-month national search for a candidate to replace former President Suresh Garimella.
Garimella, who was first brought on as the university’s 27th president in 2019, announced in August he’d be leaving Vermont to head the University of Arizona.
Patricia Prelock, the university’s provost, has since served as interim president of the university.
UVM’s Board of Trustees’ fielded more than 100 interested applications for the job, and interviewed more than 10 candidates, according to the press release from board members.
The board first met with Tromp in February and approved her candidacy during a special meeting Friday.
During her time at Boise State University, Tromp worked in partnership with the faculty to increase the academic and research profile of the university, the university said in a release, and “shattered the student graduation record, research funding record and philanthropy record year after year.”
She is a professor of English and is an author of several books and articles on Victorian literature and culture.
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