The President of the University of North Florida is preparing to return to the school where he was a dean before he took the job on the First Coast.

Moez Limayem sent an email to the UNF community announcing that he’s being considered as President of the University of South Florida . It was only three years ago that Limayem was appointed President of UNF.

He got the job at the campus on the Southside of Jacksonville after an extended stint at the USF campus in Tampa. He was the Lynn Pippenger Dean of the Muma College of Business at USF for 10 years before he took the top slot at UNF in 2022.

USF published a news release Tuesday nearly simultaneously as Limayem made his intentions clear to the UNF community in his email.

“It is an honor for me to be considered for this

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