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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Rust Breuer | MCL | Apple Valley | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Jacob Dwight Kingson | Apple Valley | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Mason Roland Roeglin | Arlington | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Morgan LuAnn Johnson | Balaton | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Hannah N. Wichmann | Balaton | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Breanna Elizabeth Aeikens | Beaver Creek | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Makayla Elizabeth Seifert | CL | Belle Plaine | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| David William Steinhagen | Belle Plaine | Minnesota | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Jacob Patrick Suter | CL | Big Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Kristin Nicole DeJong | Boyd | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Olivia Grace Hirschey | Breckenridge | Minnesota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Zachary Robert Collins | Brooklyn Park | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Rachel Louise Paskewitz | Browerville | Minnesota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Althena Rose Bjorback | Buffalo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Nolan Frank Harding | CL | Canby | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Kaylie Jo Hemish | Canby | Minnesota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Kaylee Madison Leppke | MCL | Canby | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Anthony Raymond Nemitz | Canby | Minnesota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Brooke Nancy Beissel | Cannon Falls | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Nicole Grace Niebuhr | MCL | Chaska | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Colin Michael Brass | Chatfield | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Owen Michael Dresel | SCL | Chisago City | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Grady A. Erickson | Chokio | Minnesota | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Jon Robert Baker | Cloquet | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Riley Ray Erickson | Cokato | Minnesota | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, SAHSS |