Fall/Summer 2024 Graduation List
March 7, 2024
South Dakota State University announces summer, fall 2024 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the summer and fall 2024 semesters at South Dakota State University. The students listed below completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program, and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college.
The names of honor graduates marked with WH designate graduation with honor; WHH, with highest honor; CL, Cum Laude; MCL, Magna Cum Laude; and SCL, Summa Cum Laude.
Overall, students from 36 states and 23 nations graduated in the summer and fall 2024 semesters. Nearly 40 students received two or more degrees or certificates from a college.
**This list is sorted in the following order: State, Hometown and Student Name, but it can be edited as one sees fit for one’s publication.**
Graduate List
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Kris Jeppesen | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Sarah Nicole Jepsen | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Farzaneh Karimpour | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Josi Caroline Kjenstad | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Martin D. Kloster | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Angela Louise Arellano Lansang | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Zander Merritt Larson | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Zhouxin Li | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| James Dean Lusk | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Mayumi Matsuyama | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Paige Issabella McAdaragh | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Katlyn Ann McClellan | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Allyson K. McMacken | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Zuerker Ann Merritt | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Matthew David Mims | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Micah A. Minor | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Lillian Marguerite Moore | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Garrith D'Angelo Moss | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, SAHSS | |
| Morgan Marie Nemmers | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Abigail Elizabeth Nielsen | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Celsey Ryan Noyes | Brookings | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Lydia Margaret O'Sullivan | Brookings | South Dakota | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Blake Dale Olson | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Sylvia Otchere | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNS | |
| Ashish Pandey | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNS |