EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents has chosen an administrator at a private university in Texas to serve as the next president of Emporia State University.

The board announced the appointment of Allison Garrett on Thursday. She’s currently executive vice president at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

She was one of two finalists for the Emporia State job. The other was Petra Roter, the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Garrett takes over as Emporia State’s 17th president in January. She has been Abilene Christian’s executive vice president for three years.

Michael Shonrock left the Emporia State presidency in April to become president at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. Retired Butler County Community College President Jacqueline Vietti has served as interim president since May.