Boise State University gets interim president. He’s already on campus
The Idaho State Board of Education is elevating a Boise State University official to serve as the school’s interim president, according to a news release.
State Board President Kurt Liebich asked Dr. Jeremiah Shinn to step into the temporary role, the release said. Shinn is Boise State’s vice president for student affairs and enrollment management.
“I consider it an honor and privilege to serve as interim president for Boise State University,” Shinn said in the release. “I look forward to supporting a successful presidential search process and partnering with our next university president to continue the culture of student-centeredness, creativity, and service to the State of Idaho that define this exceptional institution.”
Shinn returned to Boise State in 2023 after a stint at Louisiana State University.
President Marlene Tromp announced she was leaving in March to be the University of Vermont’s president.
Tromp has helmed the university since 2019, seeing it through disputes with the Idaho Legislature about diversity, equity and inclusion as well as a lawsuit with a local coffee shop. (The university must pay $4 million to the shop’s owner, according to previous Statesman reporting.) Boise State’s student population and graduation rate grew with Tromp in the top job.
The State Board of Education said it will take formal action on Shinn’s appointment later.
