Landscape architecture program receives scholarship

Scholarships are beneficial to financially struggling college students, and alumni are common sources of the money needed to create scholarships.

Michael Chu, Cal Poly Pomona alumnus, is one of these alumni. Chu recently made a donation to CPPs landscape architecture program.

As a 1977 Landscape Architect graduate, Chu has achieved great success in his life and is looking to give back to the college that provided his hands on education.

Im grateful to Cal Poly Pomona, said Chu in an article on Polycentric. They accepted me as an out-of-state student, gave me a good education [and] allowed me to become licensed here in Hawaii as a professional landscape architecture.

Chu was surrounded by successful landscape architects who graduated from CPP during his entry-level junior draftsman position at a landscape firm in Honolulu.

In my mind, Cal Poly Pomona was the place to go, said Chu. And it still is.

Chu and his wife Yetta have set up The Michael S. and Yetta L.C. Chu Endowed Scholarship. The scholarships will be given out after Chu and his wifes deaths, resulting in all of their money being given to the University.

CPPs Director of Planned Giving, Daniel Wood explained that endowed scholarships are the best kind because they offer the most money for the students. People who give during their lifetime do not have as much to offer because they have a need for it. Chu realized this when creating his plan for giving back and wanted to give back as much as possible.

When not living anymore, you dont need your funds, said Wood. Like people, for example, who dont have children are a very important subgroup for us. Mr. Chu falls in that category. I have worked here for three and half years and a consistent message that our donors give us is they want to give back for the students best interest. This goes for both the alumnus and non-alumnus.

CPPs Director of Development for the College of Environmental Design Carrie Geurts said she is grateful for alumnus like Chu who realize the importance of giving back.

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Landscape architecture program receives scholarship