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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holli Jo Jark | MCL | Stratford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Leah Nicole Brengle | Sturgis | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Natalie Ann Janssen | MCL | Sturgis | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Hannah Elaine Stadum | Sturgis | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Francis Michael Bierman | Summerset | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Kyleigh Payton Ohlsen | Summerset | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Matthew Robert Amdahl | CL | Summit | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS, and undergraduate certificate, SNS |
| Levi Dennis Cahoy | CL | Tabor | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Emily Nichole Cap | Tabor | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Riley Aaron Hellmann | MCL | Tabor | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Katelyn Mary Sternhagen | CL | Tabor | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Rhett Lawrence Baker Daggett | CL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Marcus D. Decker | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Ethan Lee Froendt | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, SAHSS | |
| Noah Sidney Gass | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Caden Gary Hank | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Ashley Marie Hof | Tea | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Masen Lawrence Martinsen | Tea | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SPAHP | |
| Alexis Lynn Ortmeier | Tea | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Madisyn Marie Roberts | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Leonard Wayne Stewart | CL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Taylor Lynn Stout | SCL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Cierra Lynn Stueven | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Brayden J. Thompson | CL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Hunter Alan West | CL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |