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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samiul Sarwar Nibir | Dhaka | Bangladesh | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Md Saidur Rahman | Gazipur | Bangladesh | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Clovis Kaminskas Neto | Sao Paulo | Brazil | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Ethan Wallace Vibert | Regina | Canada | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Braeden Nicholas Glor | Winnipeg | Canada | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Feiyang Xu | Wuhan | China | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Lizeth Johanna Ortiz Ruiz | Bogota | Colombia | Master of Education, SEHS | |
| Anlly Miley Fresno Rueda | Chiquinquira | Colombia | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Diana Wairimu Njuguna | Guacimo | Costa Rica | Master of Science, SNS | |
| David Mounir Morcos Rezkallah | Banha | Egypt | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Biftu Yohannes Benti | SCL | Alem Gena | Ethiopia | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Bernice Alembummah Cyriaano | Adenta | Ghana | Master of Science, SENGR, and graduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Vida Sarpong | Bibiani | Ghana | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Alyssa Cecilia Gordon | Barrigada | Guam | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Aryeri Stephanie Bardales Castellanos | San Francisco de Yojoa | Honduras | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Gerardo Josue Flores Rodriguez | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Pratik Timalsina | Chandrapur | India | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Sham Kumar Biradar | Hyderabad | India | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Sahithi Poornima Suguru | Hyderabad | India | Master of Science, SENGR, and graduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Ahana Majumder | Kolkata | India | Doctor of Philosophy, SNS | |
| Grency Dipak Patel | Mehsana | India | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Abul Hasan Shaik | Nalgonda | India | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Fatoumata Ceesay | Bandung | Indonesia | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Maryam Sahraei | Guilan | Iran | graduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Hojjat Abdollahikhamene | Tehran | Iran | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES |