Spring 2026 Graduation List
July 21, 2026
South Dakota State University announces spring 2026 graduates.
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2026 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 32 states and 27 nations graduated in the spring 2026 semester. More than 90 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 2026
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kae Sen Si | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei Darussalam | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Codee Elaine Kopelchuk | Canora | Canada | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Juan Benjamin Hojas Widmer | Santiago | Chile | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Ting Mao | Chengdu | China | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Zhongyu Xie | Qingdao | China | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Jun Zhang | Liuzhou | China | Doctor of Philosophy, SENGR | |
| Moaaz Amer Abdelhamid Ahmed Abdallah | Dekernes | Egypt | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Hany Melese Birhanu | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Aldora Atinafu Kebede | CL | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Kaleab Dereje Zerihun | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Nicolas Passone | Gaillan Medoc | France | Master of Science, SAHSS, and Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Francisco J. Alvarado | San Pedro | Honduras | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Preethi Amasa | Tirupati | India | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Shivam Kumar Bhardwaj | Bettiah | India | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Ravi Gupta | Jaipur | India | Master of Science, SNS | |
| Purvi Jain | CL | Ludhiana | India | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Swas Kaushal | Punjab | India | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES, and graduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Srinadh Kodali | Kanneveedy | India | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Pradeep Kumar | Hardoi | India | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Samridhi Kumari | Navi Mumbai | India | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Thanikonda Sathya Sai | Tirupathi | India | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Meenu Singh Sengar | Kanpur Nagar | India | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Ashwani Verma | Delhi | India | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Nathan Michael Kruschke | Cork | Ireland | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Kristine Anne Ripamonti | Stezzano | Italy | Associate of Arts, SAHSS |