Minnesota State University awards degrees

The Free Press

Minnesota State University awarded 2,454 degrees to 2,179 students at the end of the spring semester.

Commencement ceremonies were held May 9 and 10 on campus in Taylor Center’s Bresnan Arena.

Graduates from the area and their degrees include:

Amboy — Gordon Culley, master of social work

Blue Earth — Brittney Bell, bachelor of science; Arika Howard, BS; Austin Thielfoldt, BS

Butterfield — Sabrina Hanson, BS

Cleveland — Toryn Richards, BS; Eric Rohlfing, BS; Whitney Weick, master of science

Comfrey — Katelynne Kratz, master of arts

Courtland — Lee Fischer, BS and undergraduate certificate (two); Samantha Rist, BS; Ethan Schmid, bachelor of arts

Eagle Lake — Brett Gardner, BS; Emilie Hooper, BS; Daniel Kneeland, graduate certificates and MS; Audrey Prince, BS; Sumia Sabrie, BS; Chad Weiler, BS; Karissa Ziegler, BS

Elmore — Baylie Viland, BS

Elysian — Emily Rohlik, MSW; Benjamin Stolee, MS

Garden City — Emily Johnson, BS

Good Thunder — Harley Mountain, BS

Hanska — Elizabeth Frederickson, BS

Janesville — Ethan Born, associate of arts; Lacey Cords, BS; Emily Olson, BS; Allison Roberts, MA; Peter Tinaglia, GC and MS; Levi Ward, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering

Kasota — Gracie Bowman, BS and CERT; Carlie Chabot, BS

Kiester — Ethan Elvebak, BS

Lafayette — Grace Swenson, BS

Lake Crystal — Taylor Chatleain, BS; Derek Krumwiede, BSCE; Anthony Macias, MS; Michael McCue, BS; Malorie Wyman, BS and CERT

Le Center — Ethan Gibeau, BS; Alexis O’Connell, BS; Caden O’Malley, BS; Suzi Ripp, MS; Karly Sladek, BS

Le Sueur — Dominic Drent, BS; Dylan Feeney, BS; Alexis Flowers, BS; Justin Rabaey, BS; Marilyn Stutsman, master of arts in teaching; Madison Tebbe, BS

Lewisville — Corben Evens, MS

Madelia — Melodie DeVlaeminck, MS; Angel Henriquez, BS; Jessica Koval, DNP; Amauri Perez Garcia, BS; Lila Reed, BS

Madison Lake — Brett Borchardt, BS; Samuel Klinger, BS; Abby Larson, BS; Abigail Mueller, BS; Isaac Mueller, BS; Lexi Staloch, BS; Kaley Wagner, BS

Mankato — Debora Aballa, BS; Meri Abateneh, CERT; Hedaya Abdulgefar, BS; Ahmed Abdulla, BS; Samuel Abebe, BS; Dagmawi Abera, BSEC; Jennifer Adade, MA and MS; Richard Agyekum, BS; Mohammed Ahmed, BSEE; Tolulope Ajayi, MS; Mohamed Ali, BS; Youssef Ali, BS and CERT; Hayden Allen, MS; Mohammed Almadani, BS; Khalid Alrofaiee, BS; Elian Alvarado, MA; Md Iftekhar Amin, MS; Cyril Amissah, MA; Solomon Aryee, MS; Jenna Askevold, MS; Uma Mageswari Asokan, MA; Msendoo Aul-Mku, BS; Muna Awel, MS; S.M. Fasihul Azam, BS; Nawaf Bawayan, BS; Coty Beckstrom, BS; Joshbir Bedi, BS and CERT; Joshua Beiswanger, MS; Maidot Bekele, BS; Steven Bellini, BS; Abigail Bentson, BS; Anania Berhanu, BS and CERT; Debduti Bhattacharjee, BS; Mohammad Yash Nur Bhuiyan, bachelor of science in computer engineering; Ava Blackney, MBA; Lukas Blomquist, BS; Molly Blume, BS; Kaden Bohlsen, BS; Jessica Boland, BS; Aimmie Borrelli, BBA; Emmah Braulick, BS; Constance Brockman, AA; Amanda Brown, BS; Derek Brown, BS; Symphany Brown, BS and CERT; Bryant Brunz, GC and MS; Syed Hussain Bukhari, MFA; Katherine Burgess, BS; Noah Butikofer, BS; Kersten Calder, BS; Travis Campbell, MS; Katherine Cannon, BS; Prajita Chauhan, BS; Aaron Cherney, BS; Hyun Suk Choi, BS; Lauren Christ, BS; Tyler Christenson, BS; Kloey Christiansen, BS; Jackson Christianson, BS; Bethany Cobbett-LaRow, BS; Spencer Connolly, MS; Connor Coutier, BS; Sammi Cowger, psychology degree; Tom Cronin, AA; Megan Dagestad, BS; Ran Daikoku, BS; Jamen Darling, MFA; Cyrille Date, BS; Madison Davis, BS; Brady Degner, BS; Mahlet Demisse, BS and CERT; Yeabsira Dessie, MS; Magen Dittbenner, BS; Jason Domstrand, BS; Jessica Dowd, BS; Annisa Echols, AA; Nick Eggen, BS; Mahmood Eid, BS; Joshua Ely, BS; Nathan Enneking, BS; Abrham Eshete, BS; Xiao Fang, BS; Mohamed Farag, BS; Lauren Feasel, MS; Cassandra FitzHenry and CERT; Andrew Flowers, BS; FNU Abeer, BS; Marshall Foerner, MBA; Stuart Freeman, BS; Ella Freese, BS; Lizzy Frisk, BS; Shiori Fukunaga, BS and CERT; Saumya Gautam, MS; Ruth Gebrehiwot, BS; Selomie Gebretsadike, BS; Carmel Gezahegne, BS; Abenezer Ghiday, BS and CERT; Sakshyam Ghimire, BS and CERT; Abel Girma, BSCE; Mara Gomez-Gonzalez, MS; Joich Gong, BS; Daniela Granados Pineda, MS; Ashtin Gravley, MS; Nate Grimm, MS; Samuel Gruis, BS; Kylie Guggemos, BS; Meba Zemen Haddis, BS; Austin Hagen, BS; Nahom Hailemariam, BSME; Caitlyn Halbur, BBA; Brooke Hansen, AA; Mya Harrington, BS; Griffin Hart, MS; Mohammed Mehedi Hasan, BS; Fahima Hashem, BS; Ayaka Hata, BS and CERT; Ahmed Hayle, BS (two), BS; Alex Hehn, BS; Devin Heller, BS; Tess Herberg, BS; Ryley Herding, BA; Diego Hernandez, BS; Mason Holmes, BS; Cassidy Holtzleicer, MS; Youngjun Hong, BS; Samuel Huntsman, BS; Ruby Huzaifa, BS; Raissa Natacha Ineza, BSCE; Rohia Jallow, BSSW; Abdilahi Jama, BS; Atlas James, BS; Kabirah Jamiu Okuniyi, BS; Khadijah Jarju, BS; Kendra Javens, MAT ; Lovinnia Jepchirchir, BS; Riley Jones, BS; Segyo Jung, BS; Eunhye Kang, BS; Suvekshya Karki, BS; Nebila Kemal, BS; Andre Kemboi, BA; Sarah Khallaf, BS; Donald Kibet, BSCE; Hyung Jun Kim, BS; Seung Woo Kim, BS; Leone Kipkemboi, BSME; Muhammad Kone, BS; Rileigh Kronmiller, MSW; Maria Kruger, BS; Christa Kuempel-Latterner, BS; Makenna Kunz, BS; Abraham Kurnia, MS; Logan Kuschel, MS; Sai Meghana Lakku, BS; Joseph Lallier, BS; Joseph Lallier, CERT; Sushma Lama, BS; Sushma Lama, BS (two); Mooyoung Lee, BS and CERT; Sierra Lhotka, BS; Benjamin Liebl, MA; Katie Loeffler, BS; Amanda Long, MS; Samantha Long, BS and CERT; Haley Lorenz, BS; David Loudermilk, MFA; Alex Lucier, CERT; Kari Lutes, MFA; Barsha Malbul, MS; Kelsey Marben, MS; Gwenyth Martensen, BS; Abby Martin, BS (two); Melisandra McLaughlin, BS; Nuna Melaw, BS and CERT; Brandon Miller, BSCE; Ciara Minion, MS; Hana Minisy, BS; Zahra Mohamed, MSW; Jennifer Moore, GC and MS; Kadin Mott, BS; Belal Muntasir, MA; Taysir Nassir, MS; Angie Navejas, GC and MS; Biruk Negash, BS; Sitra Negash, BS; Avery Nelson, MS; Wesley Nelson, MS; Michael Nemer, MFA; Stella Neophytou, BS; Heidi Newbauer, MFA; The Cuong Ngo, MACC; Tram Nguyen, MS; Abdoul Nikiema, BSCE; Roshit Niraula, BS; Anne Lyse Nono, BSEE; Ibrahim Noor, BS; Fahmi Nuru, BS; Emmanuel Nwogo, BSME; Christopher Nyland, BS; Samuel Oladeji, BS; Oluwatoyin Olowu, MA; Timi Olufemi, MS; Etinosa Osamudiamen, MS; Masamune Oso, MS; Henrietta Otoo, MA; Alexis Paddington, BS; Myrelis Padin Lopez, BS; Sarah Padoko, MA; Mackenzie Page, MS; Abby Palmer, BSSW and CERT; Prisca Payanzo Maba, MS; Sydney Payeur, BS; Curtis Peters, MS; Mackenzie Peterson, BS; Steven Piroso, MS; Erick Pomrenke, BS; Chace Powell, BS; Lauren Probst, BS; Wynter Prudhomme, BFA; Brynn Psooy, BS; Lisa Putrah, MS; Uday Puttireddi, BS; Muhammad Raja, MS; Keshari Rana Thapa, MA; Jack Raverty, BS and CERT; Theresa Redenius, BS; Emma Riebel, BS and CERT; Luke Rife, MFA; Riley Rist, MA; Harry Ritchie, MA; Kyle Ritten, EDD; Grace Rodriguez, BS; Ann Rogers, MS; Robynn Rolle Curry, BS; Megan Rosenbauer, BS; Ashlyn Rosenberg, MS; India Ross, BS; Ahmed Salama, MS; Amr Salama, BS; Asmaa Salama, MA; Kellen Schaefer, BS (two); Christine Schaeffel, MS; Chayton Schmidt, BS; Autumn Schwertfeger, BS and CERT; Adriana Seda Pagan, BS; Sumin Seo, BS; Katelyn Severson, BFA; Amal Sharafkhodjaeva, BS and CERT; Yung Shimizu, BS; Abudu Shittu, BS; Thomas Sickler, MS; Abigail Simek, DNP; Dalton Simpson, MS; Kaylee Sivertsen, BS; Cadence Smith, BS; Guenole Sodjo, MA; Bibata Sore, BS; Jonathan Soria, BS; Ashley Sosa, MA; Viacheslav Sotov, BS; Courtney Sowle, PSYD; Cinnamon Spence, BS; Jesse Spencer, MSW; Arayah St. John, BSSW; Avarey Steffensmeier, BSSW; Saideh Stoltz, MS; Abigail Stromswold, BS; Ingrid Stumo, BS; Rebecca Sulley, MS; Brandon Swenson, BS; Maru Tabara, BS; Collins Tambi, BSME; Jacob Tang, BS; Ruth Taye, BS; Gabriella Taylor, BS; Rene Taylor, BS; Edward Terry, MS; Sherif Tiamiyu, BS and CERT; Sydney Ulrick, BS; Eric Van Amber, MS; Shoua Vang, BS; Emma Wall, MS; Carter Walles, MS; Sachith Wanniarachchi, BS; Caleb Webb, MFA and MS; Marshall Webber, BS; Yasir Wedatalla, MBA; Keran Wei, MM; Jack Weir, BS; Austin Welbig, BS; Alyssa Wempen, MS; Stephen West, BS; Jennifer Widman, BS; Graham Wilkins, BS; Christopher Willard, MS; Kyreese Willingham, BS; Anastasia Wilson, BS; Olivia Wilson, BS; Elizabeth Wold, BS; Fanial Woldu, BS; Mason Wolf, BS; Emmanuel Woro, BSCE; Wenkai Yang, MS; Nebil Yousuf, BS and CERT; Shaya Zabel, MS; Derick Zellar, BS

Minnesota Lake — Ian Cleary, BS (two); Sophia Reeves, BS

Montgomery — Jessica Amundson, BS; Mindy Fritz, BA and CERT; Adam Hillstrom, BS; Emily Irvin, GC and MS; Josephina Jacobson, BS; Taylor Merges, BS

New Richland — Anahi Miranda, BS; Jacob Schuller, AA

New Ulm — Nicole Albrecht, BS; Annika Anderson, MS; Jesse Bidwell, BS; Jessica Cordes, BS; Eleri Shay Ebling-Kokesch, BS; Elizabeth Garcia, MS; Paige Jacobs, BS; Makiah Otto, BS; Maddie Pearson, BBA; Cole Ranweiler, BS; Miranda Suess, BS

Nicollet — Sophia Boden, BS; Tayler Johnson, MS; Danielle Peterson, GC; Danielle Peterson, GC; Danielle Peterson, GC; Danielle Peterson, MS

North Mankato — Samuel Agre, BS; Landon Bannerman, AA; Sambhav Bhattarai, BS; Nicole Blake, MS; Boubacary Bocoum, BS; John Braswell, BS; Jackson Bruning, BS; Lionel Cao, MAT; Bryan Castaneda Menjivar, BS; Joy Chepkirui, GC and MS; Carly DeLeu, MA; Megan Denhof, MS; Tiffani DeWitte, MS; Oliviah Dmytrasz, MS; Loren Files, MBA; Jiahao Fu, MAT; Thomas Gannon, CERT; Jolinda Grabianowski, MS; Sarah Henry, BS; Megan Heutmaker, MS; Amanda Hopper, MS; Jacob Kachelmeier, BS; Matthew Ling, BS; Taylor Lundsten, BS; Nicholas Lustig, MS; Breanna Marx, BS; Connor McGraw, BS; Kelly Meier, MS; Kenneth Menjivar, BS; Faith Milton, GC (two) and MACC; Odin Moe, BS and CERT; Rabab Mohammed, BSSW; Wendy Niesen, GC and MS; Payton Pendergast, MS; Spencer Ruedy, BS; Rachel Ryan, GC and MA; Abi Santiago, MSW; Edwin Santiago Feliciano, MBA; Michael Sathoff, MAT; Lillian Schmidt, BS; Anthony Servellon, BAS; Erin Shang Quartey, BS; Sara Steiger, MS; Brett Taylor, CERT

St. Clair — Nicolet Limas Mejia, MS; Amber O’Donnell, MS; Isabel Street, BS

St. James — Oscar Escobar, BA and Escobar, BS; Isaac Espinoza, BBA; Angela Soto, BSSW

St. Peter — Brianna Baker, MS; Naimo Daud, BS; Ifrah Garad, BS; Isaac Hagen, BS; Jenna Hayworth, MS; Matthew Hogue, BS; Bailey Imhoff, MS; Kinsey Irvin, MAT; Kelly Ludvik, DNP; Jayna Matejcek, BS; Cole McCarthy, BS; Morgan Miller, BS; Charles O’Sullivan, MSW; Susan Panciera, MSW; Bianca Penkert, BS; Austin Schmidt, BS (two); Andrew Smith, MAT; Paige Tollefson, BS and CERT; Airemie Wetzel, BS; Joy Wiley, BS

Sleepy Eye — Mckenna Larson, BS; Misty Riebel, GC; Brooke Thibado, BSSW

Waseca — Bryce Barrie, BS; Bodie Bice, BS; Collin Dufault, BS; Payton Gehloff, BSCE; Jacob Hulscher, MACC; Tanika Johnson, BS; Tyler Klinger, BSME; Shelby Larson, BS; Destiny Logan, BA; Sydney Ludwig, BS; Abbi Miller, BSSW; Kenya Moallin, BFA; Jadyn Nelson-Spies, MSW; Morgan Robinson, BS and CERT; Laney Srp, BS; Tori Stinehart, BS; Kendra Youngberg, MS

Waterville — Adelia Atherton, MS; Crista Bohlmann, MA; Jack Morsching, BS

Wells — Aaron Bullerman, BS; Madison Klingbeil, BS; Ongelle Schroeder, GC (two) and MS; Ty Watson, BS

Winnebago — Cretia Welborn, CERT