July 11, 2024
South Dakota State University announces spring 2024 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2024 semester 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 35 states and 24 nations graduated in the spring 2024 semester. More than 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Rose Rounds | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Taryn Lou Senger | CL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Hattie Ann Shaffer | SCL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Nathan Michael Shoup | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Addy Elizabeth Smith | SCL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Kylee Marie Thorpe | CL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Maria Sophia Vukovich | CL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Jack Anthony Walsh | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Deni Marie Zeeb | SCL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Thelma Marie Big Crow | Pine Ridge | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Rebecca Jo Gerlach | SCL | Plankinton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Sierra Ann Heidinger | MCL | Plankinton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Savannah Gentry Risseeuw | CL | Plankinton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, undergraduate certificates, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificates, SAHSS |
| Haley Lynn Hoffman | Platte | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Daniel James Burkhalter | Prairie City | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Justice Judge Jessop | CL | Presho | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Briar Rose Schweitzer | CL | Presho | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Callie Lee Bursing | Ramona | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Morgan LeAnn DeRungs | Ramona | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Riley James Spilde | Ramona | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Elizah Cole Anderson | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Taylor Marie Banks | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Berkeley Olivia Bates | CL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Adekunle A. Betts | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kaylee G. Boland | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |