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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenna Nicole Thorstenson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Brayden Reese Traub-Jensen | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Tanner Lee Truog | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Rachna Sree Navya Tungaturthi | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Joanne Carol Tvedt | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Ellie K. Ulvin | SCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Sarah Alexandra Van Meveren | SCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Isaac James VanDerWolde | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Madison Tate VandenHoek | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Caitlyn Jo Vanderlugt | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Katlyn Mackenna VerMeer | SCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Seth Kristian VonBank | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Emma Rose Waage | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Dylan Blake Waldner | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Doctor of Nursing Practice, SNURS | |
| Karlus Peter Waldner | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Joshua Joseph Welch | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Bridget Kathleen Wilde | SCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Mitchell Riley Willis | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Mikaela Elizabeth Wipf | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Jesse Joseph Wolfe | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Paige Madison Wood | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Abby Nicole Yopp | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Angela Gail Arseneau | Spearfish | South Dakota | Doctor of Nursing Practice, SNURS | |
| Natalie Grace Dean | SCL | Spearfish | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Kaysie Ashlyn Engstrom | Spearfish | South Dakota | Doctor of Nursing Practice, SNURS |