Winter commencement 2022 recap: Your best photos, posts, tweets

Graduating Redbirds came together to celebrate commencement.

Redbirds shared their winter 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 newest graduating Redbirds.

A memorable win: Redbird basketball ‘awakens echoes’ of Horton Field House

Wide-angle shot of the basketball court in Horton Field House

Sissoko’s gutsy hustle play—seemingly fueled by 3,420 buzzing fans packed shoulder-to-shoulder—helped the Redbirds hold off Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), 77-71, Saturday, December 10, 2022, in the first men’s basketball game played at Horton Field House since December 2, 1988. “I love this place,” said Redbird men’s basketball legend Doug Collins ’73 following the “Return

Therapeutic recreation alumni found love at Illinois State

Mia Leyba ’17 and Jordan Ross ’17 wearing wedding attire standing in a church

Mia Leyba ’17 and Jordan Ross ’17, both therapeutic recreation alumni, married on October 29. Lebya and Ross were just classmates until falling in love at the very end of their last semester. Lebya shared that the pair actually met off-campus at a conference.