Spring 2024 Graduation List
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasundhara Pattanaik | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Lisa June Penning | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jaden Benjamin Petersen | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Rhaegyn Kathryn Petersen | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Olivia Marie Petrik | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Ainsley Diane Powers | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Isaac Michael Price | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Andrew Richard Rasmussen | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Graig W. Reicks | Brookings | South Dakota | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Bailey Dean Ross | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Cierra Elizabeth Sazue | Brookings | South Dakota | undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Kennedy R. Schafer | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Margaret S. Schliepsiek | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Logan Elmer Schlim | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Megan Rae Schmitt | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Danica Mae Schulte | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Lucas Jacob Schultz | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Matthew Phillip Scott | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Geralyn Loretta Senden | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Abbey Bao Xing Smith | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Allie Kae Steffensen | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Michelle Steyn | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNS | |
| Elizabeth Anne Stucker | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Jay Thomas Szafryk | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Gabriel Robert Tagg | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
