Nellis headed for Texas Tech

University of Idaho President Duane Nellis has been selected as the sole finalist for the presidency at Texas Tech University, announced the university Friday. The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents will have a final vote on this in late March following a 21-day waiting period required by Texas law.

“When Ruthie and I made the move to the Northwest and the University of Idaho almost four years ago, we believed I would be completing my career as president of this special place,” said Nellis, in a press release from the university. “We care deeply for the University of Idaho and are so proud of Idaho’s ‘flagship’ national research university and all the people who make it successful.”

Nellis said, according to the press release, that he “did not expect to be presented with the unique and exciting opportunity that the presidency at Texas Tech University represents.”