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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amira Muktar Hassan | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Zach Nathaniel Heins | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Maha Alexandra Huete | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Thu Huynh | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Katie B. Ishol | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Architecture, SAHSS | |
| Spencer Davis Kappenman | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Brooke Catherine Kelliher | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Victoria Baby Kezelee | WH | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SEHS |
| Kennedy Grace Knuth | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Elizabeth Grace Kolb | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Leah Christi Koltz | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Kira Lynn Koob | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Dalton John Kostad | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Travis Mitchell Kroeger | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Alexandra Ryan Laughlin | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Jessica Lynn LaVallie | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Michael Edward Linde | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Hannah Nicole Loving | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Katelyn Mahan | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Katy Jo Manke | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Griffin Porter McClendon | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Luke Shane McKnelly | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Max Joseph Miller | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Julia Kate Mitchell | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Kuna Hassien Mohamed | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |