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Anderes leaving Tech for University of Wisconsin system
Mia Walters
Issue date: 5/28/08 Section: News
One of Texas Tech's top administrators soon will be resigning his position to take a job in his native state before the end of the summer.
Thomas Anderes, Tech's executive vice president of administration and finance, will be leaving Lubbock to work for the University of Wisconsin System.
Anderes was selected to be the senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs for the UW system. After a nationwide search narrowed the pool of candidates to four people, he was selected for the position. His basic role will be to work with the individual financial officers at more than 12 campuses within the university's system.
"I'll have to meet a new staff and board," Anderes said, "but I'm excited and feel very prepared."
Anderes will leave Lubbock before the 2008-09 school year starts because he is expected to fill his new position no later than Aug. 1.
Anderes said the date of his departure depends on how quickly Tech brings in his replacement.
"It's probably going to be more like July 26 or 27," he said. "Things still have to be worked out here."
The resignation of Tech's former president, Jon Whitmore, factored into Anderes' decision to leave the university. Anderes was hired by Whitmore and will not have tenure with Tech after the president leaves.
After hearing about Whitmore's resignation, Anderes said he started thinking about leaving Tech at the end of February.
"Once the president says he is going to leave," Anderes said, "then I don't have a long-term contract."
Anderes said a new vice president of administration and finance likely will be chosen after a new president is found, and that he is not involved in the search process.
"They don't want to hire this position before the new president gets in," he said, "because this person will be on their cabinet."
He said his proudest accomplishment while working at Tech was hiring a strong, new staff and all of the assistant vice presidents.
Thomas Anderes, Tech's executive vice president of administration and finance, will be leaving Lubbock to work for the University of Wisconsin System.
Anderes was selected to be the senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs for the UW system. After a nationwide search narrowed the pool of candidates to four people, he was selected for the position. His basic role will be to work with the individual financial officers at more than 12 campuses within the university's system.
"I'll have to meet a new staff and board," Anderes said, "but I'm excited and feel very prepared."
Anderes will leave Lubbock before the 2008-09 school year starts because he is expected to fill his new position no later than Aug. 1.
Anderes said the date of his departure depends on how quickly Tech brings in his replacement.
"It's probably going to be more like July 26 or 27," he said. "Things still have to be worked out here."
The resignation of Tech's former president, Jon Whitmore, factored into Anderes' decision to leave the university. Anderes was hired by Whitmore and will not have tenure with Tech after the president leaves.
After hearing about Whitmore's resignation, Anderes said he started thinking about leaving Tech at the end of February.
"Once the president says he is going to leave," Anderes said, "then I don't have a long-term contract."
Anderes said a new vice president of administration and finance likely will be chosen after a new president is found, and that he is not involved in the search process.
"They don't want to hire this position before the new president gets in," he said, "because this person will be on their cabinet."
He said his proudest accomplishment while working at Tech was hiring a strong, new staff and all of the assistant vice presidents.
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