RiskVal CEO donates to support students at NJ school

Jordan Hu ( 胡 國 琳 ), an alumnus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has made the largest-ever donation to the school to support scientific education and research, as well as encourage students from Taiwan to study at the institute.

Hu, founder and chief executive officer of RiskVal Financial Solutions and a former member of the institute’s board of trustees, was born in Taiwan and graduated with a master’s degree in computer science at NJIT, a US public polytechnic university in Newark, New Jersey, in 1989.

To honor Hu’s donation, the institute has renamed its College of Science and Liberal Arts — its third-oldest college — the “Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts” (JHCSLA), a Yahoo report said on Monday.

The change was made in recognition of Hu’s “remarkable and exemplary investment in the foundation of this university,” which would benefit NJIT’s education and research, as well as students’ lives and careers, the report quoted NJIT president Teik C. Lim as saying.

“My American dream started at NJIT… NJIT has always tried to make higher education accessible to students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds, and without that effort, my life would have been totally different,” Hu was quoted as saying.

“I feel very touched to have had the experience I did at NJIT as a student from Taiwan, and this is my way of giving back to others who want to pursue their dreams here just as I did,” he said.

Hu’s donation is to be used to establish the Jordan Hu Taiwan Scholarship and to fund the science and liberal arts college.

The JHCSLA endowment would be added to the Hu Family scholarships and fellowships to provide financial support for students, while also funding the college’s research efforts, curricular development and renovation of educational facilities.  

Jordan Hu was recently honored as Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year by the New Jerey Business Immigration Coalition, of which NJCACC is a founding member.