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USP Class of 2018 e-Gathering

15 August

The USP Class of 2018 had a mini e-gathering over Zoom during the USP e-Homecoming 2020 instead of the usual physical gathering. Though it was a short one-hour catch-up session, the group managed to learn more about how everyone was coping, had an online drawing game, and collaboratively drew a doodle “art piece” which they dedicated to USP Director and Cinnamon College Master Assoc Prof Kang Hway Chuan.

Submitted by Ms Tan Sin Yee (Arts '11)

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