Spring 2025 Graduation List
July 15, 2025
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University announces spring 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2025 semester at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gordon Pfeifer | SCL | Owatonna | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Lana J. Elfering | SCL | Paynesville | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Rachael Marie Guler | MCL | Pelican Rapids | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| McCormick Jay Meyer | Perham | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Makenzie Grace Alberts | CL | Pine Island | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Jessalyn Lee Reinert | Pipestone | Minnesota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Anna Lucille Nelson | Plymouth | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kallie Jane Theisen | Plymouth | Minnesota | Master of Mass Communication, SAHSS | |
| Morgan Alexus Townshend | CL | Plymouth | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Joseph Theodore Fier | MCL | Prior Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Kyle Max Nordling | Prior Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jake Martin Ridgley | MCL | Prior Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| John Charles Ridgley | CL | Prior Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Katie L. Orth | Randall | Minnesota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Laurel A. Jacobson | Red Wing | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Katherine Ann Hawton | MCL | Redwood Falls | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Morgan C. Hallin | Richfield | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Alexandra Lee Medvec | CL | Richfield | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Lucia Agnes Plagge | MCL | Richfield | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Erin Ann Boyer | Richmond | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Hailey Rose Gruber | Richmond | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Grace Ann Guetter | SCL | Rochester | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Austin Jeffrey Manuell | Rochester | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Mary Elizabeth Sieve | Rochester | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Aspen Rayne Josewski | Rogers | Minnesota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS |