The Future of Work is Diverse, Inclusive, Just and Equitable
GlobalMindED is an Inclusive Success NetworkTM dedicated to creating a capable diverse talent pipeline, closing the equity gap for women and people of color, and connecting underrepresented/ underserved students to role models, mentors, internships, and jobs.
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Women's History Month is celebrated annually in March to honor and recognize women's contributions, achievements, and struggles. GlobalMindED is proud to highlight the voices and work of influential women.
Dr. Marlene Tromp is the President of Boise State University. Through hard work, and the support of her family and community, she was able to become a first generation college graduate and continue to earn her Ph.D. At Boise State, she is committed to supporting students and faculty, serving and advancing the state of Idaho, and helping the university foster research excellence to increase discovery for its students and the world.
From First Generation Graduate to Trail-Blazing University President: Marlene Tromp's Journey of Service and Innovation
What is your personal and Professional Story?
I became the seventh President of Boise State University on July 1, 2019. I work in partnership with our top-tier faculty to increase the academic excellence of the university. We have shattered records in research funding, student graduation rates, and philanthropy in the nearly five years since my arrival. We also have increased access and enrollment for Idaho students and are providing one of the most affordable educations in the country.
Before Boise State, I spent the majority of my administrative career at AAU institutions, serving as the campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and as a dean and vice provost at Arizona State University.
What key moments in your life led you to where you are today?
My father, a miner of coal and trona, believed I could be President. He encouraged me to go to college and get a degree, but the costs seemed astronomical to my family. He wasn’t the only one who was pulling for me. Many people intervened to support a path to college for a future first-generation graduate. My teachers and administrators encouraged me; my high school guidance counselor paid my college application fees; my neighbor—another counselor—helped me understand the application process in a day before computers, and sat by me as I filled them all out. I was so honored by their time and support. When I got to school, academic and professional mentors supported me all along the way. When one of my professors nominated me for Phi Beta Kappa, I was humbled and awed. I felt that I owed everyone who supported me to get me to college to work hard and do my best. Now, I feel I have a responsibility to serve the people, who—just like me—aren’t sure college is an option for them. The key “moments” were rather key people, who all put effort into making my education possible. I want to pour that same energy into others.
Where does your passion to serve come from?
The source of my passion is my love for people and my belief in the power of learning to change people’s lives so they can change the world. I grew up in a small town in Wyoming, and I’m a first-generation college graduate. Very few of the really smart and talented people I knew growing up went to college. I worked while going to school and my father, a miner and mechanic, worked many hours of overtime to help me pay for college. I understand the challenges that so many of our first-generation, Pell-eligible, and underrepresented students face in pursuing a brighter future and realizing their full potential. I am committed to making higher education accessible and attainable for more students and to fostering trail-blazing innovation and research at Boise State University that benefits students and our state.
How can GlobalMindED help you reach your goals?
Programs that put students first and that seek to help all students succeed are invaluable. Connecting students to hands-on experiences, mentors, and experiential learning, can profoundly change their lives. At Boise State, we have expanded student access by developing an endowment for the Presidential True Blue Scholarship to reduce the barrier of financial need — allowing more students the opportunity of a lifetime to focus on their future. Boise State also is a founding member of REP4, a national effort to engage students themselves in redesigning higher education, so it works better for them. I am excited about the potential GlobalMindED has to transform higher education through partnerships and collaboration.
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Join us June 17-19 for 250+ Speakers on 90+ Topics From Education to Health to STEAM to Policy at GlobaMindED’s10th Anniversary
Powerful Voices Across Generations: Past, Present, Future
Denver June 17-19
The 10th annual conference in Denver will gather national thought leaders across sectors including education, business, health, policy, tech, and more. If you have never been to a GlobalMindED event, you will be in for a treat, as this year will be a reunion for many of our graduates, speakers, and Inclusive Leader Award winners who have been honored throughout the years.
The Inclusive Leader Awards, June 17, honors national leaders across 15 sectors. These generous leaders will be meeting faculty and students as they share their insights in breakout sessions during the conference. See the invitation below.
GlobalMindED is a unique experience where college and company presidents, government leaders and foundations and funders are “at the table” with students and graduates. Our attendees recognize that the voice and participation of our emerging, young leaders is the solution to climate, political divides and persistent inequities in education, employment and economic mobility. We are all the solution if we are all “at the table” as co-creaters of a future that works for all people from all backgrounds.
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Thank you to all of the Sponsors, Speakers, Students, and Attendees at GlobalMindED 2023
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