Spring Commencement 2022 recap: Your best photos, tweets, posts

  • Author By Julie Mana-ay Perez
  • May 9, 2022
Two graduates take a selfie on a phone.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.

Illinois State University conferred approximately 3,349 baccalaureate degrees and 695 graduate degrees at the spring 2022 commencement. The University provided several options for its spring and summer 2022 graduates, including separate commencement ceremonies for the graduates from each academic college and a personalized Redbird Stage Crossing event.

Redbirds shared their spring commencement experiences on social media all weekend long. Check out this year’s roundup of some of the best tweets, Instagram posts, and photos to see why Illinois State is #RedbirdProud of our new graduating class.

To see more photos, visit Illinois State’s Flickr.

A person speaking at a podium.
Illinois State University President Terri Goss Kinzy
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdUHuYhpZhy/
Four people dressed in a graduation cap and gown posing side by side.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Four graduates standing next to each other.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdUInzmpMEi/
Graduates laughing while walking to their seats.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.

Two people putting a sash on a graduate on stage.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Three people posing side by side while wearing a graduation cap and gown.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
A persons graduating cap decorated with "the world is my classroom."
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Five people posing side by side.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Two people putting a sash on another person.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdO16jKukjK/
A person clapping their hands in the air as other graduates are in the background.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Two people hugging each other at a graduation ceremony.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Two people posing together.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Two people putting a sash on a graduate on stage.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
Two people putting a sash on a graduate on stage.
Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.
https://twitter.com/aubrey__henson/status/1522745116770852866
https://twitter.com/EyrseChrmom1/status/1522614129323921410
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdT71-bOczC/

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