Rod was appointed a Professor and Deputy Vice Chancellor, UNE Northern Rivers, for the period of the amalgamation and during this period, there were many robust discussions at the Governing Board and committees of the amalgamated Institution. In late 1992, there was a strong sense from both the Northern Rivers campus and to some extent the Armidale Campus that the amalgamation was simply not working. In March 1993 after extensive consultation, the Vice Chancellor of UNE network, proposed to the governing body that the Institution be dis-amalgamated. Rod Treyvaud had played a strong hand in keeping the Northern Rivers campus relatively autonomous and the Minister, The Hon Virginia Chadwick consented to the separation in mid-1993. The new Institution was to be established on 1st January 1994 and was sponsored for five years by the University of New South Wales.
Rod Treyvaud had a strong influence in naming "Southern Cross University". A long list of possible names based on history, people, geography and topography was established with "Southern Cross" being selected.
As part of the dis-amalgamation process, the Minister directed that no senior executive staff of the UNE network were to be appointed to positions in the new Institutions. In 1994, Rod returned to his educational consulting role. He passed away in 1997.
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