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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob A. Weinheimer | Onida | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Rafe Taylor Wientjes | Onida | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Portia Claire Wiebers | Owanka | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Kaleb Allen Buseman | Parker | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Ethan James Kasten | Parker | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SENGR | |
| Cierra Jordyn Mohr | SCL | Parker | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Jonathon Thomas Akre | CL | Parkston | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Liam Shayne McIntosh | CL | Parkston | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Cody John Donnelly | CL | Philip | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Gracie Mae Fitzgerald | WHHH | Philip | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS |
| Josie Mae Rush | Philip | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Arly Jaxson Spry | Philip | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Dilyn Rae Terkildsen | MCL | Philip | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| John M. Petersen | Piedmont | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Cameron J. Ahartz | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Bennett John Dean | CL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Brooke Samantha Easland | CL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| RyLee Dennis Fischer | CL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Gunnar Gerald Gehring | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Andrew William Gordon | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Kenzie Erin Gronlund | SCL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Wesley Curtis Harsma | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| River Douglas Iverson | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Jacob Michael Larson | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Emma Nicole Lusk | MCL | Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |