LAS VEGAS -- Interim Chancellor Tom Anderes announced this morning that he will resign his position on June 30 with the University and Community College System.

Anderes has accepted a position to serve as the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration for the Oregon University System (OUS). Headquartered in Eugene, the Oregon system oversees seven four-year universities with a total enrollment of more than 60,000 students.

"Since stepping in as our Interim Chancellor last July, Dr. Anderes has done a remarkable job serving our System through this time of transition," said Jill Derby, Board of Regents chair.

In his new position with OUS, Anderes will be responsible for systemwide financial, personnel, and administrative management including supervision of staff engaged in collective bargaining, fiscal control, internal audit, legal services, operating and capital budget processes, information services, and institutional research.

Before joining the UCCSN in September of 1994 as the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Dr. Anderes served as deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Higher Education. He has also served as deputy vice president for finance at the University of Wyoming and held positions in finance and administration at Arizona State University, the University of Connecticut and in the Governor's Budget Office, State of Arizona.

He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Arizona. His doctorate is in higher education administration from the University of Connecticut.

Regent Derby added that she anticipates the Board will appoint an Interim Chancellor at the May 9 Board of Regents meeting in Las Vegas.

A search committee to find a permanent replacement for the position of Chancellor has been underway since February. The committee's next meeting will be held at the UCCSN office in Las Vegas on May 2.

Comprised of two doctoral-granting universities, four comprehensive community colleges and one environmental research institution, the University and Community College System of Nevada serves the educational and job training needs of the nation's fastest growing state. As Nevada's only system of higher education, the UCCSN provides educational opportunities to more than 90,000 students.