March 7, 2024
South Dakota State University announces fall/summer 2023 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The following students graduated after the summer and fall 2023 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 25 nations graduated in the summer and fall 2023 semesters.
Nearly forty 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.**
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Andrew Weber | Brookings | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Kristen Danielle Werpy | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Miranda Mae Ysbrand | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Carter Raven Zeck | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Bethany Kristina Rennich | Bruce | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| James Michael Sapp | Bruce | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Ada Joy Smith | SCL | Bruce | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS |
| Anson Marle Black Calf | Buffalo Gap | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Abrianne Lanae Christie | Buffalo Gap | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Erika Ann Van Nieuwenhuyse | Burke | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Madison Jo Wischmann | Burke | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Kaleb William Owen Elling | Canton | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Hunter David Jacobsen | Canton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Erica Hannah Zell | SCL | Cavour | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Kylie Kae Dressen | Centerville | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Alaina Rhea Bairey | Chamberlain | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Brant Marcus Gullickson | Chamberlain | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Samara C. Nordmann | Chancellor | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES, and undergraduate certificate, SAFES | |
| Jadon Jean Wages | MCL | Chester | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Caleb John Orris | Clark | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Tyson Michael McKnight | Colman | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Zoe Jacqueline Mortrude | CL | Colman | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Elizabeth Marie Selman | Colman | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kaylee Jean Amundson | Colton | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Abby Grace Moon | MCL | Creighton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |