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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calissa Ann Marie Beyer | Blue Earth | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Paul Joseph Christensen | Blue Earth | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Emily Mae Hill | Bovey | Minnesota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Hayden Hesebeck Carlson | SCL | Brainerd | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Kessey Mae Aljets | Brewster | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Elizabeth Lynn Hibma | Brewster | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Hallie Joy Rootkie | Brook Park | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Joshua Steven Illies | CL | Buffalo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Megan Rose Lawler | Buffalo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Natalie R. Neumann | Buffalo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES, and Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Caleb Avery Tangen | Buffalo | Minnesota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Megan Grace Ives | Buffalo Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Casey Richard Clausen | Byron | Minnesota | Associate of Science, SENGR | |
| McKenzie Lynn Ruether | MCL | Canby | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Brandon James Reuss | Chanhassen | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Samuel Allen Wilmot | Chanhassen | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Andrew John Cantu | CL | Chaska | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Matthew Michael Connelly | WHH | Chaska | Minnesota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS |
| Brynn Ann Lozinski | CL | Clara City | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Isabelle Clara Plagge | MCL | Clara City | Minnesota | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, SAHSS |
| Jake Bradley Odegard | Clarkfield | Minnesota | Associate of Science, SPAHP | |
| Jenna Lucille Dougherty | Clearwater | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Leo William Steffl | Clements | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Nathan James Moberg | CL | Clinton | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Kyle Curtis Reese | Clontarf | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |