Fall/Summer 2025 Graduation List
March 13, 2026
South Dakota State University announces summer, fall 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the summer and fall 2025 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 high honor; WHHH, with highest honor; CL, Cum Laude; MCL, Magna Cum Laude; and SCL, Summa Cum Laude.
Overall, students from 35 states and 26 nations graduated in the summer and fall 2025 semesters. Nearly 40 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.**
Graduate List
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Charif | Lincoln | Nebraska | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Charles Herbert Sieglaff | Lincoln | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Gage Brennen Scholting | MCL | Louisville | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Sean P. Simonson | Mullen | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Keaton R. Ranslem | Norfolk | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Grace Buddenhagen | MCL | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Molly E. Bull | CL | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Nevaeh Marie Dahr | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Bailey Suzanne Erwin | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Zachary Hendrickson | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Abraham Hoskins | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Kathryn Ann Little | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Olivea Mersedes Nieto | CL | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| James Patrick Kroupa | Ord | Nebraska | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Madison Rae Melcher | Page | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES, and undergraduate certificate, SAFES | |
| Brooke Kristine Dumont | SCL | Papillion | Nebraska | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS |
| Allison Nicole Kuhl | Papillion | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Dane Michael Toman | Papillion | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Samuel Darvin Brannon | MCL | Ponca | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SENGR, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Klayre Elizabeth Roberts | Syracuse | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| James Coleman Doyle | Valentine | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Mitchell Kluender | Valentine | Nebraska | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Shanda Jae Lambert | Wayne | Nebraska | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Rockney Jay Peck | MCL | Wisner | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Sheridan Nodestine | Farmington | New Mexico | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |