7 December 2022, SAN FRANCISCO – Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer met with University of San Francisco (USF) Center for Business Studies and Innovation in Asia Pacific (CBSI-AP) officers led by its Director, Dr. Xiaohua Yang, and Assistant Director, Dr. Vivian Faustino-Pulliam. Dr. Donald Lewis, who is an adjunct professor at USF’s Department of Economics, Law and International Business also joined the meeting.
Deputy Consul General Raquel R. Solano, Consul Vanessa Bago-Llona, Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil, and PTIC-SV Trade Commissioner Celynne Layug also joined the meeting to discuss possible areas of cooperation with USF’s newest full-fledged research center that focuses on business and innovation in Asia Pacific.
USF is a Jesuit university founded in 1855, with links to Philippine-headquartered Ateneo de Manila University. USF also has a Philippine Studies program called the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program, which is an interdisciplinary minor specializing in the cultures and histories of the Philippine diaspora. END