Andrew Hui

Hui

"While the books at St. John's have been the intellectual bread of existence for my last four years, film and classical music have been the wine and milk of my life."

  • Alumni of: 2002 Graduate Scholarship Program
  • Resides: princeton, NJ
  • Hometown: Garland, TX
  • Age: 31

Biography

Andrew Hui wants to study comparative literature with an eye toward becoming a professor. His studies at St. John's College on the Maryland Eastern Shore provide a solid foundation for his pursuits.

As an annual requirement at the Annapolis-based school, students must pen a thoughtful essay about something that sparked their imagination from their recent reading assignments. In his first year Andrew wrote an analysis of the first chapter of the first book of Metaphysics by Aristotle, exploring the meaning of wisdom and man's desire for knowledge.

The second year he wrote about the consequences of language through an analysis of the Biblical story of Babel. And most recently he's been pondering the relationship between art and nature that appears in Dante's Purgatorio.

The whole experience has opened a new world for Andrew, a Chinese descendant whose family settled in Texas. Through the study of literature and diverse cultures - from ancient Greece to the Roman Empire and Medieval and Renaissance times - Andrew seems to have found his way.

"I feel I can best serve society by sharing my life-long love of the literary and cultural arts," he said. "Throughout my education I have been inspired by my teachers. I wish to return this gift by becoming a teacher myself."

In his spare time, Andrew has been reviving the Film Society at St. John's College, taking on every task from back office administration, to promotion and even running the projector during showings. During the past fall he secured ten films for the community, including such classics as "Rebel without a Cause" and "Breathless."

Andrew's love for the arts can be traced back to high school, where he was editor of the local school newspaper and also its arts critic, opining on lectures, plays, and concerts. The latter mostly proved a cinch. Andrew is a violinist who during his teen years recruited and organized a classical ensemble, which, at his lead, performed Mozart's Don Giovanni Overture, Piano Concerto No. 23, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and Beethoven's Choral Phantasy.

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