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Iowa Lakes Foundation awards over $800,000 in Fall 2024 scholarships
Two students from Brandon have been awarded scholarships from the Iowa Lakes Community College Foundation. The Foundation awarded 574 scholarships to 342 students, totaling $807,215.25 to date.
Alexander Kane was presented the Gaarde Hinsch Music scholarship. Amanda Tews is the recipient of two scholarships, the HG Albee Aviation/Airport Management and H Albee Music scholarships.
The average scholarship amount is $2,814.
Backer is Quinnipiac
University grad
Shannon Backer, of Brandon, received a Master Health Science in Pathology from Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.) during a commencement ceremony held in May.
South Dakota State
announces spring
2024 graduation list
The following area students were awarded degrees following the spring 2024 semester at South Dakota State University. More than 1,500 students completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program.
The area graduates are, from Brandon – Maia Lauren Aichele, Bachelor of Science in SDSU’s College of Natural Sciences; Grant Thomas Gunderson, Cum Laude with two B.S. degrees in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering and College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Amber Rae Hartman, Magna Cum Laude, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Cecilia Sky Paulsen, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Education and Human Sciences; Alyssa Sherrill Reinschmidt, Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and an undergraduate certificate in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Landon Tell Smith, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in SDSU’s College of Natural Sciences; Cade Michael Tripp, B.D. in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Tucker Lemoine Trout, Cum Laude with a B.S. in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; Jaxon Warkenthien, Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in SDSU’s College of Education and Human Sciences; Grace Lorae Wilford, Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. and a Bachelor of Music Education in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Ethan John Wright, Magna Cum Laude, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences; Raymond Richard Fuerst, Master of Arts in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Braden Allen Dybdahl, B.S., in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; Jacob Douglas Edwards, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Garretson – Jaden Marie Flanagan, Master of Science in SDSU’s College of Education and Human Sciences; Elizabeth Jennifer Boomsma, Cum Laude, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Ethan James Kjenstad, B.S., in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; Eli Louis Peyton, B.S. in Science in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Dayne Michael Peyton, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Natural Sciences; Laurence James Rasmussen, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Sydney Jean Trout, Master of Education in SDSU’s College of Education and Human Sciences; Jenna Renee Vis, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Natural Sciences;
Sioux Falls – Reece Nicholas Arbogast, Summa Cum Laude, B.S. degrees in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering;
Valley Springs – John-Henry Milton Ackerman, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences;
Garretson – John Dale Houg, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Education and Human Sciences; Marcus D. Nace, Cum Laude, B.S. in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Keaten Lee Wagner, B.S. in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; Jacob Rolland Liester, Master of Science in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; Renner – Matthew Lee Stoel, Master of Engineering and a graduate certificate in SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.
