College Welcomes Thirty-Three Hundred Students With Expansion.

From Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer.

Lambton College opened two-thirds of its $47-million expansion this week as it welcomed 3,300 full-time, post-secondary students to a new semester.

The initial student total is a 5.7 per cent increase over last year but students can still apply until Sept. 18, said college spokesperson Cindy Buchanan.

There were 906 foreign students enrolled at the Sarnia campus as of Wednesday. That’s up from 617 last year.

“There are more than 20 countries, our students are coming from,” Buchanan said.

When part-time students, apprenticeship students and students at its campuses in Mississauga, Toronto and China are added, “we’re over 13,000 students, worldwide,” she said.

The college broke ground in 2016 on major construction work stretching across three projects at its Sarnia campus.

The Centre of Excellence in Energy and Bio-Industrial Technologies was created by renovations to the south end of the college’s main Sarnia campus building, as well as an addition.

An official opening ceremony is set for Sept. 20 but students and staff moved in this week.

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