Wit Ventures: Sarnia's Lambton College Having Good Week.

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Sarnia's Lambton College Having Good Week.

For a second straight year, Lambton College is the third-best research college in Canada.

That’s according to the annual top-50 list of research colleges from Research Infosource Inc.

The recently released list, based on survey results and financial statements, again has the Sarnia-based school on the podium.

“I don’t think it was a surprise because I knew we had done really well in terms of revenue and projects and student numbers and faculty numbers,” said Judith Morris, Lambton College’s president and CEO.

“But it was still very pleasing,” she said. “We were all thrilled to maintain it for the second year in a row.”

Research focuses at Lambton College include bioindustrial, alternative energy and advanced manufacturing, among others.

The college’s applied research department was formed in 2007, and since then Lambton has received more than $33 million in funding from federal and provincial agencies.

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Foreign Students Feel Welcome.

From Troy Shantz, The Sarnia Journal.

Andres Bustamante is no longer afraid to go outside at night.

The International student at Lambton College said wandering around Sarnia after dark is not like venturing into the treacherous streets of his home in Caracas, Venezuela, a city of 4.5 million.

“Barely anyone goes out on the street after 6:30 (p.m.) because you will get mugged, you will get killed, you will get kidnapped,” said Bustamante, who is studying information technology.

The 28-year-old who arrived last year and is the midst of a co-op placement said he has been made to feel welcome.

“That feeling, that you can actually feel secure,” he said.

Sarnia’s reputation as a safe city is a major draw for students from abroad, along with relatively low tuition and living costs, the college says.

Enrolment has more than doubled in just three years, with 974 international students studying at Lambton this fall.

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