Spring 2025 Graduation List
July 15, 2025
South Dakota State University announces spring 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2025 semester 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 34 states and 28 nations graduated in the spring 2025 semester. Nearly 70 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.**
Spring 2025
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Marie Bates | CL | Fremont | Nebraska | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS |
| Natalie Lydia Miller | Fremont | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Caleb Jeffery Francl | Grand Island | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Trent M. Sheldon | Gretna | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Charles Gerald Dendinger | MCL | Hartington | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Grace Elizabeth Kleinschmit | Hartington | Nebraska | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Cortney Jo Wieseler | Hartington | Nebraska | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Bailey Rose Wuebben | MCL | Hartington | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Danielle Lee Gomez | La Vista | Nebraska | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Dalton R. Kunkee | MCL | Lexington | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Hunter Dale Stewart | MCL | Lexington | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Zachary W. Stieb | Loup City | Nebraska | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Travis Joseph Kalous | Norfolk | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Makenna Therese Skiff | Norfolk | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Alexander B. Butts | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Eleanor Beverly Cain | Omaha | Nebraska | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Delaney Clare Grant | Omaha | Nebraska | Master of Mass Communication, SAHSS | |
| Cole Michael Mingo | Omaha | Nebraska | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Liam Michael Murray | Omaha | Nebraska | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Sydney Elizabeth Olson | MCL | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Carter Alan Plum | CL | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Lauren Elizabeth Rihanek | Omaha | Nebraska | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Anna Maria Schelonka | Omaha | Nebraska | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Bennett Louis Schmidt | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Erin M. Thomas | Omaha | Nebraska | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |