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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1980
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Professor visits from Brazil
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By Scot K. Meyer
1 Battalion Staff
1 Catching the Aggie spirit is easy to
do. Students who attend Texas A&M
after the elecfei University quickly learn that it has a
to borrow arasiptiique culture and that being an
ice a mediaciiBegie involves making adjustments
in order to fit in.
ours with seveaiJ Students are not the only ones
■ issue ofwbetli affected. Dr. Heitor Gurgulino de
lection fundint Sbuza, a Fulbright visiting professor
that independsfroni Brazil, has only been on cam-
d 5 percent oft Pi ls since June, but he said he “feels
mger threatik Ip an Aggie already.”
the panel and The Fulbright program is an
annual activity coordinated by the
e forced to ceit? Council for International Exchange
ilytheFECdec of Scholars in Washington D.C. It’s
wpose is to bring researchers from
’tendthemattspk rcounl:r * es to study at U.S. uni-
against indepe v o rs ities, and to provide support for
. fec sides «i! q-S. professors who wish to study at
universities outside the United
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ing aboubhlpM fr° m Brazil,” de Souza said.
"Adjusting to Texas A&M has not
particularly difficult for de
buza, since “there are many simi-
jrities and common interests” be-
leen Texas and Brazil.
[The purpose of de Souza’s visit is
increase intellectual, technical
Id cultural exchange between the
jnited States and Brazil. One of the
becific areas of interest to de Souza
| education.
“Schools in the United States and
fazil are facing similar problems in
n more than 1.1
s, he could etui
educating students,” de Souza, vice
president of the Federal Council of
Education of Brazil, said. "And that’s
producing not only more graduates,
but better quality graduates.”
De Souza said that Brazil has spe
cial problems because more than 50
percent of the country ’s population is
under 20 years old. The shortage of
teachers, combined with a student
population of about 30 million, has
led to larger classes and a lowering of
standards.
The top priority in Brazilian edu
cation is to train more teachers, de
Souza said. Brazil needs instructors
in a variety of fields, “in order to
diversify career options. ”
Some specific fields are engineer
ing, medicine and agriculture,
“which is why Texas A&M is particu
larly suited to having a larger ex
change program with Brazil. ”
De Souza estimated over 3,000
Brazilian students studied in the Un
ited States last year, “which was a
little more than one percent of the
260,000 students studying here from
abroad (according to figures released
by the Institute of International
Education).”
Among the foreign students in
American universities last year, he
said 20,000 were Latin American,
with the largest number coming
from Venezuela. Since the popula
tion of Brazil (now reaching 120 mil
lion) is much larger, de Souza said
many more Brazilian students
should be here, particularly for gra
duate study.
De Souza also said he feels some
American graduate and undergradu
ate students should attend Latin
American universities, particularly
Brazilian institutions.
“You’d be well greeted there,” he
said, and added he hopes more Texas
professors and specialists could go
down to “teach, carry on research
and exchange experiences with their
Brazilian colleagues. Both our coun
tries have a lot to gain from that.”
What Texans have to gain, de
Souza said, is an increased under
standing of the Brazilian people, im
portant because “Brazil and the Un
ited States are good trading part
ners.”
Developing and expanding that
trade would be good for both coun
tries, and it requires each country
understand the needs of the other.
Brazil is a heavy importer of
wheat, oil and machinery from the
United States, de Souza said. Twelve
billion dollars worth of products
come through Texas on the way to
Latin America, which de Souza said
is a good reason for Texans to pay
more attention to Latin America.
“I think Texas A&M should in
crease its international programs
more than it has,” de Souza said.
“Texas has a unique opportunity to
be bi-cultural, and Texas schools
should take advantage of that oppor
tunity by teaching both Spanish and
Portuguese.”
De Souza said he was disappoint
ed to learn Texas A&M does not
offer courses in Portuguese.
The professor said he “has been
very well received” at Texas A&M
and at other universities when he has
mentioned closer ties between the
nations. De Souza has attended
seminars at the University of Texas,
the University of Houston and Rice.
De Souza is from Sao Paulo, which
he describes as the Texas of Brazil.
“It’s a beautiful country,” he said.
“You really ought to visit it. ”
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