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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Nicole Tull | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Hunter Nelson Wright | SCL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Joclyn Rae Haven | Brentford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Sawyer Christine Styles | Brentford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Oluwatemilorun Damilola Akinsanya | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Emmanuel Arkoh-Mensah | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Amr Mamdouh Elsayed Ashmawi | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Trinity Nevada-Lee Barnard | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Nathan Brian Barnhart | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Mercedes Lucia Batalla | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Frezer Asfaw Berhanu | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Emma Nichole Bertram | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES, Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAFES | |
| Brittany Marie Birgen | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Taylor Ann Bortnem | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Jaxon Bowes | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Skye Dorisa Brugler | Brookings | South Dakota | graduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Miranda Lee Cadotte | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Eleah Sage Carda | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Karma Choki | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Peter M. Claussen | Brookings | South Dakota | Doctor of Philosophy, SENGR | |
| Logan Corlett | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Tanner Ross Coverstone | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Jaime Sarah Cox | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Denilson Cyprianos | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR, and graduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Brenna Baker Daggett | Brookings | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS |