Matt Snouffer, left, a graduate in cinema and photography from Chicago, and Tom Kwiat, also a graduate in cinema and photography from Lansing, show their excitement Saturday at the end of the first commencement ceremony at the SIU Arena. Kwiat said he looks forward to what his future holds. “(I want to) move to Florida and make movies on the beach,” he said.

Photo by Steve Matzker of The Daily Egyptian