b'OGRE HOSTS THREE IREX FELLOWS In Spring 2021, OGRE partnered with theRAD Program Participant International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) to host three research administratorsin the Newsfrom universities in AfricaMakerere University (Uganda), Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia),Licnio Nunes de Miranda, and the University of Rwanda (Rwanda). IREXBrazilian PhD candidate works with partners in over 100 countries toat the Department of build individual and institutional capacity toHistory and participant of cultivate leaders and strengthen institutions.UFICs Research Abroad This is a prestigious fellowship providing anfor Doctoral Students opportunity to learn from best practices at(RAD) program awardee major U.S. universities. OGRE staff facilitatedwas very productive this meetings with UFs Office of Research, Office ofpast year! Licnio was able Institutional Planning and Research, IFAS Feedto discover the forgotten the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems, and the Center for African Studies. Learningtomb of one of the most from these collaborations and through followimportant abolitionists in up investigations, the Fellows will implementLicinio Miranda on the day heBrazil, Francisco Jos do reforms in their institutions to enhance researchlocated the tomb of the Sea Dragon,Nascimento (Sea Dragon), capacity and impact their universities. July 24, 2020. More than me, ofan Afro-Brazilian fisherman course, he earned it, Miranda said.who was essential to the PEACE CORPS He deserves to be remembered. movement against slavery. UF CONTINUES TO RANK AT THE TOP!The discovery was widely reported by Brazilian media, UF ranked No. 2 among large schools on Peaceincluding the two main newspapers in Cear (the Brazilian Corps list of top-volunteer producing collegesstate in which he is buried), both of which point out Licnios and universities in 2020. This ranking trend wasaffiliation to the University of Florida. He was subsequently continued for the last five years, but rankinginvited to write an opinion piece for one of those newspapers. No. 2 was a significant jumpHe was also interviewed by local radio and TV stations. from ranking No. 9 in 2019. TheseNothing of this would have occurred without the RAD results are due, in large part, toprogram. Ill be forever grateful, said Licnio.Amanda Brinton, UF CampusLicnio has been working on his dissertation about the Peace Corps Recruiter, who worksabolitionist movement in Cear, in Brazil, which became tirelessly to promote Peace Corpshighly celebrated because it was the first province to AMANDAopportunities on the UF campus BRINTON abolish slavery (in 1884). Moreover, this was the first time and the community at-large. that abolitionists through organized popular effort were Another feature of Peace Corps activitiesable to obtain a significant victory against slavery, when on-campus is the Peace Corps Prep program that continued to grow and attract manyfishermen and dockworkers in Cear refused to embark undergraduate students to pursue the Prepslaves that would be sold to other provinces in several strikes certificate. In 2020, UF ranked No. 3 among thein 1881, effectively shutting down interprovincial slave trade top ten Peace Corps Prep certificate-issuingbetween Cear and the rest of Brazil. Those victories had a institutions. Thirty-five undergraduate studentstremendous influence on abolitionism all over the country, received Prep certificates. Peace Corps Prepleading eventually to the end of slavery nationwide in 1888. prepares students for international developmentLicnios study deals specifically with people of color in fieldwork and potential Peace Corps service.abolitionism in Cear, including former slaves, which has barely been studied.Congratulations, Licnio. You are a Global Gator!Celebrating 30 Years!| GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT REPORT 2021|15'