Reading, Pa.  – Albright College will present a lecture, “Argentina Bicentennial: A Retrospective View of Education,” on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, at 4 p.m.  The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Gingrich Library in Study Rooms A and B.

Estela Gambelin, president of the Sarah Eccleston College located in Parana, Argentina, will discuss what education is like in Argentina and the impact of U.S. teachers who established schools there in the 19th century.  Gambelin has pursued graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh and Thiel College and received scholarships from UCLA and ELS center in London.  She is a former vice president of the Universidad Autonoma, Entrerios in Argentina and has served as a consultant on teacher education for the government of Argentina. She is also founder and director of the American English Institute of Parana.

For more information about the event or disabled assistance, please contact the College Relations Office at 610-921-7526.  The Gingrich Library is located on the Albright College campus at 13th & Bern Streets, Reading, Pa.

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus.  The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education.  Two-thirds of students graduate with dual/ individualized majors in more than 200 different combinations.  Albright enrolls about 1,600 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education.  Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.