UCLA School of Nursing is getting a new name after receiving a $30 million commitment, the largest in the school’s history.
The school will now be the UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing in honor of donor Joe Wen, a UCLA alumnus and local entrepreneur, according to an Aug. 5 university news release. Mr. Wen immigrated with his family from Taiwan as a teenager and earned a bachelor’s in economics from UCLA in 1998. In 2003, he launched a paper trading company that evolved into Formosa Ltd.
The $30 million commitment will be used to support the nursing school’s four educational programs and support continued research innovation by faculty and students.
UCLA School of Nursing was founded in 1949 and was the first undergraduate nursing program west of the Mississippi.
