[ssiguy]

A Western campus in Sarnia would do wonders for the city and due to being a campus it doesn't have to be built all at once from scratch like a new university would. Having the Western pedigree behind it's name would also help entice some of the best researches and profs that may not consider lesser known and less well endowed schools.

I really think that this is Sarnia's "missing link" when it comes to meeting it's full potential. Until such a time Sarnia and all of Lambton county and Chatham-Kent {which would be in the catchment area} will continue to bleed not just young people but more importantly the ones who will become the most educated and scare away younger parents who don't relish the idea off their kids having to leave their home city as soon as they hit 18.

A university offers endless opportunity and if the city doesn't offer those opportunities then the young will vote with their feet and find it elsewhere.