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 Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Hodgson Smrekar | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Bachelor of General Studies, 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 | |
| Colleen Ann Roe | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS |
| Kaleb William Owen Elling | Canton | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Jordan Christopher Mitchell | Spearfish | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Jesse Lee Anderson | Saint Peter | Minnesota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Luke Shane McKnelly | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Isaac Vernon Dunlavey | Jackson | Minnesota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SNS | |
| Peder David Haugan | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS, Associate of Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Riley Ray Erickson | Cokato | Minnesota | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, SAHSS | |
| Isaac T. Pham | Lincoln | Nebraska | Bachelor of Music Education, SAHSS | |
| Mason Ryan Ritter | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kristina Dawn Hagberg | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Michaela Marie Heyn | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Carrie Jane Johnston | Lawrenceville | Georgia | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Ashlyn Paige Macdonald | CL | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Alyssa Renee Munce | CL | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Megan E. Swancutt | Akron | Iowa | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Mikayla Mae Schuurmans | SCL | Tyndall | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Lauren Ann Burrough | SCL | Ames | Iowa | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Peyton Raeann Daugherty | Ankeny | Iowa | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kelsey Marie O'Hara | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Mia Shankle | MCL | Hermosa | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Danielle Marie McCauley | Highmore | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |