Saturday, December 17 was a great day to be a Redbird, especially for our 1,267 newest graduates!

They each took their own path to commencement, but each one is now a Redbird for life and will join nearly 200,000 Illinois State alumni around the globe.

Here are some of our favorite photos and tweets from 2016 winter commencement, compiled using Storify. You can also watch video of the morning and afternoon ceremonies on our YouTube channel.

https://storify.com/IllinoisStateU/winter-commencement-2016