After serving as president of Alabama A&M University (AAMU) for over 11 years, Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr. announced last week that he will be retiring.
His retirement spans a career that started in the K-12 sector, where he was hired to teach mathematics at Beaufort High School in South Carolina.
After a year in the classroom, Hugine was asked by his alma mater, South Carolina State University, to become involved in a college student support program. There, he focused on providing students with resources and materials to be successful in college.
“I loved being again on the campus,” said Hugine. “I loved interacting with the students and helping them to achieve their goals and objectives. That sparked in me the desire to pursue higher education as my career.”
With the career goal of becoming a provost and vice president of academic affairs, Hugine was advised to pursue advanced studies. He earned a master’s in mathematics from South Carolina State University and went on to pursue a doctorate in higher education and institutional research at Michigan State University (MSU).
While at MSU, Hugine worked in the university’s office of institutional research and learned how “information and data can be used to make informed decisions in higher education.”
After graduating, he took on an administrative role as director of Institutional Self-Study back at his alma mater.
