
U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie A. Bassett meets with alumni of the U.S. International Visitors Program (IVP) at the Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro to discuss the developments in the program and the impact of the alumni’s experience in their community. Among IVP grantees who met with Ms. Bassett were former Philippine Ambassador to Nigeria Datu HJ. Abdul Khayr D. Alonto (second, right), Xavier University School of Education Dean Dr. Lourdes Tolod (right), Mindanao Star Daily executive editor Edilberto Gomez (middle), and Elizabeth Bron Enorio, head of the university’s Office of International Cooperation and Networking (left).