USF Selects University’s Next President

USF Trustees Select Moez Limayem as University’s Next President

The University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees on Tuesday unanimously selected University of North Florida President Moez Limayem as USF’s next president, marking a homecoming for the university’s former business school dean. Limayem, who served as the Lynn Pippenger Dean of the Muma College of Business at USF from 2012 to 2022, was chosen following a statewide search and will become the university’s ninth president pending confirmation…

USF selects university’s next president

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The University of South Florida announced Tuesday that it has selected the university's next president. USF's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to select Moez Limayem as the university's ninth president. “I am honored and humbled to be unanimously selected by the USF Board of Trustees. Serving as USF president would be the greatest honor of my professional life,” Limayem said. “My family and I love USF and the Tampa Bay re…

Moez Limayem ‘3.0’ is the new University of South Florida president

University of South Florida President-Elect Moez Limayem during the Board of Trustees meeting to appoint him president on Oct. 21, 2025. (Photo courtesy of USF)Moez Limayem, former University of South Florida college of business dean and University of North Florida president, is the next USF president. Trustees unanimously approved Limayem, who’d spent 2012-2022 as a dean at USF before a three-year term at the helm of UNF in 2022. “I remember ge…

UNF President Dr. Moez Limayem unanimously selected as next president of USF

Dr. Moez Limayem has been chosen as the ninth president of USF, pending Florida Board of Governors' confirmation in November.

USF votes to select Moez Limayem as its new president

His appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida BOG. He would replace Rhea Law, who announced her retirement earlier this year.