{"id":10867,"date":"2012-12-12T22:31:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T03:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bryantriangle.wpengine.com\/?p=10867"},"modified":"2022-11-08T04:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:41:40","slug":"tromanhauser-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/tromanhauser-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tromanhauser resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Jackson
\nNews Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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David Tromanhauser resigned November 20 from his position of alumni director. Associate Director of Carer Services Bob Jensen became interim director in his place. \/ Courtesy of David Tromanhauser's Facebook profile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alumni Director David Tromanhauser tendered his resignation Nov. 20.<\/p>\n

Tromanhauser has worked as alumni director for the college since 2008, and his superior, Blake Hudson, vice president for Advancement, described him as \u201ca cheerleader\u201d for the school who built the alumni community and helped recruit students for the college.<\/p>\n

Hudson announced a week later in a college press release that Associate Director of Career Services Bob Jensen, Bryan Class of \u201880, would take Tromanhauser\u2019s place as interim alumni director.<\/p>\n

In an interview Tuesday night, Tromanhauser said he thought he would work as Bryan\u2019s alumni director until he retired. But the college allegedly told Tromanhauser in a 45-minute conversation that he did not support the school or the president.<\/p>\n

Tromanhauser said he does not remember having a conflict with the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there was a specific event, it was not made clear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hudson declined to talk about Tromanhauser\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a personnel matter and it\u2019s policy not to talk about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tom Davis, director of public information for the college, said the college\u2019s alumni have been vocal about Tromanhauser\u2019s resignation from the college. More than 100 alumni posted on Bryan\u2019s alumni Facebook page expressing a \u201cvariety of opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis knows of only one alumnus who told the college that he or she would \u201cnot fulfill an outstanding pledge.\u201d However, Davis thinks it\u2019s too early to tell if the college will change its policy. While the feedback of 100 alumni is significant, the college has about 10,000 alumni.<\/p>\n

Diane Sirmans (Class of \u201986), who sits on Bryan\u2019s alumni board, said alumni are sad that Tromanhauser has left the college. He led alumni back to the college and developed stronger relationships between the alumni and the college. With his absence, Sirmans said she feels disconnected from the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the one hand, we are so sad,\u201d she said. \u201cOn the other hand, we are so angry because there has been no explanation and that tends to lead to fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tromanhauser said he is still promoting the college to alumni and prospective students.<\/p>\n

He appreciates the leadership of Bryan President Dr. Stephen Livesay.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gives you vision in relative freedom and that shows great trust. I\u2019ve appreciated that greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jensen declined to speak about Tromanhauser\u2019s resignation because he said he has no knowledge of the \u201cpersonnel decisions\u201d made by the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to do the best job I can for Bryan,\u201d Jensen said, adding his position with the alumni office will be temporary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not interested in the position on a long-term basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jensen enjoys working in the Career Center, helping students prepare for careers after college. That\u2019s why he returned to Bryan, he said.<\/p>\n

He and Tromanhauser are friends, having both graduated in 1980 with history degrees.<\/p>\n

Tromanhauser describes his relationship with Jensen as close, calling Jensen \u201ca man of impeccable character.\u201d When Jensen was offered the position, Jensen told Tromanhauser about the offer over lunch at Bimbo\u2019s before accepting.<\/p>\n

Hudson said Jensen was picked as interim alumni director because he has many connections with the alumni. After all, Jensen\u2019s father was a long-time Bible professor at Bryan and author of numerous study guides and commentaries on the Bible.<\/p>\n

Hudson does not believe the services of the Career Center will suffer during the time Jensen works both positions. He said the center has good people and resources, and Jensen will manage without traveling and speaking at many events like Tromanhauser used to do.<\/p>\n

Currently, the department is discussing with Jensen what the future will hold for the position of Alumni Director.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still evaluating what comes next,\u201d said Hudson.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Jackson News Editor Alumni Director David Tromanhauser tendered his resignation Nov. 20. Tromanhauser has worked as alumni director for the college since 2008, and his superior, Blake Hudson, vice president for Advancement, described him as \u201ca cheerleader\u201d for the school who built the alumni community and helped recruit students for the college. Hudson announced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4687],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16312,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10867\/revisions\/16312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}