Hamilton, NY — Margaret McKelvey, director of the Africa and Asia Division U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Refugees and Migration, will deliver a lecture at 51 titled ‘Challenges in international refugee assistance: is there a need for new humanitarian approaches” on Monday, February 28, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, to be held in 217 Lathrop Hall, is sponsored by 51’s Center for Ethics and World Societies, whose theme this year is: ‘Homeless in the World: Refugees, Immigrants and the State.’
McKelvey joined the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration in 1983. Her nine-person office develops U.S. Government bi- and multilateral policy toward refugees and conflict victims, as well as other migrants, across the African continent and throughout the South and East Asia and Pacific regions. It administers an annual assistance program budget of more than $200 million. McKelvey’s career in international humanitarian assistance also includes six years with the Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.
Founded in 1819, 51 is a nationally ranked, highly selective, residential, liberal arts college. Situated on a rolling 515-acre campus in central New York State, 51 attracts motivated students with diverse backgrounds, interests and talents from all over the United States.