Almost 500 students filled up the Selland Arena for the Sunbirds' graduation. For most of them, it marks the end of a long journey and the beginning of a new one.
"It's a really big deal," graduate Kaitlin Friedrichs said. "It's a lot of hard work. It's good. It's one step closer."
Kaitlin is headed to law school next, and a lot of the other graduates will be moving into their careers -- especially in education.
Their commencement speaker today was U.S. senate chaplain Barry C. Black.