Reading, Pa. -- Albright College will present a lecture on global poverty and sustainable development, on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at 4 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the South Lounge of the Albright College Campus Center.

This lecture will include a discussion of two strategies, education and agriculture, which are designed to promote development and self-sufficiency of Third World countries. Through the discussion, the lecturers will promote human development by showing the attendees how they can help to build resources in a manner that will continue to improve the lives of subsequent generations.

Speaking at the lecture are Albright’s Vice President for Advancement Tim McElwee, Ph.D., former senior director of development at Heifer International,  and Albright professors, Trudy Obazee, M.B.A., of the accounting department and Irene Langran, Ph.D. of the political science department.

For more information about the event or disabled assistance, please contact Irene Langran at 610-921-7570. The Campus Center 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 1,625 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.