This summer, the Brazil Gateway attended conferences and events throughout Brazil to build connections with current and potential partners as well as interested students.
FAUBAI
The Brazil Gateway team attended the Brazilian Association for International Education’s (FAUBAI) conference April 17-20, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. This year’s theme was “Building Knowledge with all Voices” and brought panels, roundtables and sessions that showcased the urgency of diversity and inclusion in international education opportunities and leadership.
In addition to networking with peers, the team presented a session on the experience with the nonprofit Meli Bees, which works with indigenous, quilombola and smallholder communities in the Amazon regions of Para and Maranhao. The presentation titled “The Ohio State University and Meli Bees nonprofit – Listening to and speak with Amazon voices” highlighted the joint event, Amazon Journey, hosted in September 2022 that gathered voices from community members, Ohio State and Brazilian faculty and students to discuss various issues in entomology, geography and anthropology pertaining to the area previously known as the arc of deforestation.
The MBA Tour
On August 12, the Brazil Gateway team represented the Fisher College of Business during The MBA Tour organized by the Graduate Management Admission Council in São Paulo. Jane K. Aparecido, Brazil Gateway director, presented on what successful applications should look like.
The Ohio Program Roadshow
Pedro M. Pereira, Brazil Gateway business development manager, represented The Ohio Program (TOP) during a roadshow to six federal and state universities across Brazil from May to August. A former TOP intern, Pereira presented to over 200 students about the on-the-job training program in agriculture.
Brazilian Federal Council of Engineering and Agriculture Conference
Rattan Lal, distinguished university professor of soil science, Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, was the keynote speaker at the Federal Council of Engineering and Agriculture’s (CONFEA) annual conference, August 8-11, in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lal’s participation was facilitated by Luiz Lucchesi, CFAES alumni, faculty at the Federal University of Parana and current Federal Counselor of CONFEA. Practitioners, researchers and leadership in Brazilian agriculture and engineering fields attended Lal’s talk on “Carbon Sequestration - how Brazilian agriculture can contribute to Global Sustainability.”
CONFEA and Lal are planning to collaborate for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2025, which will be held in Belem, Para, Brazil.