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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenyah Michelle Geiken | Lennox | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Benjamin Loren Goeman | Lennox | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS, and graduate certificate, SEHS | |
| Kyle Jeffrey Rippentrop | CL | Lennox | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Abigail Nicole Grabowska | SCL | Leola | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Carson David Hunsley | Madison | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Jay Thomas Knutson | Madison | South Dakota | Bachelor of Music Education, SAHSS | |
| Brynn Marie Olverson | MCL | Madison | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Hannah Grace Vogel | SCL | Madison | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Patsy Guadalupe Hernandez | Marion | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kristen Mae Wieman | SCL | Marion | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Hunter James Laverack | Martin | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Clarence Frederick Winter | Martin | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Katie Lynn Dam | McCook Lake | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS, and graduate certificate, SEHS | |
| Levi Bender | CL | Menno | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Emma Kathryn DeBoer | MCL | Milbank | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Kayla Ann Pinkert | Milbank | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Victoria Jean Quade | Milbank | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Madelyn Marilyn Thue | SCL | Milbank | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Karson Keith Weber | Milbank | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| John Michael Piroutek | SCL | Milesville | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Kaden Lee Sivertsen | Miller | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Nicholas Isaac Grote | CL | Mina | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Brady Alan Hawkins | CL | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Gabriel Augustus Long | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Conner John Stoick | Mobridge | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS |