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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miranda Mae Ysbrand | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Ashton Leigh Simon | Lebanon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Ashley Samantha Bautista | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Alex Ray Okerman | Fairmont | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Jordan Leigh Bucholz | Hendricks | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Benjamin Luke Schaal | Lake City | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Jake Krantz Ayers | CL | Saint Francis | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Abigayle Arlene Hansen | Schaller | Iowa | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, undergraduate certificate, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Duncan Adam Raney | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, undergraduate certificate, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Samuel Joseph Bad Warrior | Timber Lake | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Raechelle Christine Rockvam | Vermillion | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Braeden Alexander Brown | Burlington | Iowa | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Adam Leo Aesoph | Lennox | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Hannah Delores Maly | CL | Fremont | Nebraska | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS |
| Nicole M. Langdon | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Cody Lee Thomas | Wakefield | Nebraska | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Natalie Marie Cunningham | Houston | Texas | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Ming Wai Ng | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Emily Ann Bobick | Gibbon | Minnesota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Travis Dean Craig | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Tommy John Larson | Lake Elmo | Minnesota | Bachelor of General Studies, 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 | |
| Lindsey Gale Schoenbeck | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Evan Joseph Stoks | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS |