The incoming president of StFX says he’s excited to get to know the university community, and Antigonish as a whole.
Andy Hakin officially starts his presidency July 1; he was on campus for a meet-and-greet with students and staff members Monday.
He currently serves as vice-president (academic) at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta.
Hakin tells The Hawk StFX’s passion for liberal arts education was a real draw for him.
“StFX is one of the iconic Canadian universities,” he says. “I’ve been watching from afar for a number of years, watching how it’s developed.”
Hakin says StFX is a destination university, and he has experience with that from his time at Lethbridge.
He says he plans to focus on academic programing in his first 5-year term, since that programming is the currency of any university.
