Fall/Summer 2025 Graduation List
March 13, 2026
ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ announces summer, fall 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the summer and fall 2025 semesters at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ. 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 35 states and 26 nations graduated in the summer and fall 2025 semesters. Nearly 40 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.**
Graduate List
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yashar Askarzadeh | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Alicia Kristine Aukes | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Tomi Ayomide Balogun | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Paul Theodore Bauer | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Melanie Su Begeman | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Peter D. Benson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Jenna Christine Blogg | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Eve Adeline Bunkers | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Cassidy Ruth Byers | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Abigail Marie Dardis | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Brandon James Dickens | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Alexis Brianna Dwyer | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Cole David Eirikson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Reagan Marie Elrod | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS, and graduate certificate, SEHS | |
| Erica Marie Fitzhugh | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Mass Communication, SAHSS | |
| Ericka May Groen | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Cody Jaylin Hanthorn | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Jayde Taylor Hart | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Sydney Hartman | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Major Miles Heaton | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Devin Hemmelman | SCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Nathaniel Eric Holm | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Eric S. Huber | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Austin Roger Huff | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Architecture, SAHSS | |
| Tabitha Carolann Hunt | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |