Alumni makes largest donation in University of Regina’s history

It’s being called the biggest donation in the University of Regina’s history.

Regina-born scientist and university alumni Dr. Nevan Krogan is the man behind the $2.08 million donation intended to help give 10 students from Haiti a full ride to the school.

“I think it’s very important to remember where you’re from and try to give back,” Krogan said. “I could never repay fully what this university has done for me, but you can hopefully partially do that.

“Part of the motivation is to try to give younger people an opportunity just like I had. Some of these kids, they’re a lot smarter than I was, or am now.”

Krogan will be working alongside an organization called the Children of Haiti Project (COHP) which is focused on providing education to people from the country.

Selected students will get the opportunity to choose their courses and have their tuition, housing, immigration costs and living expenses fully covered.

“Their families are counting on them and they feel lucky and this is something they are not taking for granted, they are doing their best,” said Dominique Pierre, co-founder and country director of COHP. “I would like them to be themselves and I want to give them a chance of choosing what they want to be or what they want to do. Whatever role they choose to take, I would like them to become model citizens.”

The COHP scholarship will help prepare these students, who rank in the 91st percentile in international evaluations, as leaders in whichever fields they choose.

“I just can’t think of a better place for a group of 10 very underprivileged but very talented students to go to get exposure but in a way that is supportive,” Krogan said.

Some of the students selected to receive the scholarships will begin attending the University in 2023.