MANKATO - Minnesota State University, Mankato awarded 2,016 degrees to 1,696 students at the end of the fall 2024 semester, with approximately 700 students planning to participate in commencement ceremonies scheduled for 9 a.m. and noon Saturday, Dec. 14 in Taylor Center's Bresnan Arena on the Minnesota State Mankato campus.
Graduates of the College of Allied Health and Nursing and College of Business participated in the 9 a.m. ceremony. Graduates of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, College of Education and College of Humanities and Social Sciences participated in the noon ceremony.
The following students from Hastings received degrees: Andrew Bussey, MS, Education Technology; Isaiah Gardell, BS, Anthropology, Magna Cum Laude; Georgia Illa, MS, Counseling and Student Personnel; Brandon Koch, MS, Data Science; Terry Kuhn, BS, Law Enforcement; Milton Lindgren, BS, Biology; Sam O'Connor, BS, Management, Magna Cum Laude; Samuel Pfaff, BS, Sport Management; Thomas Siebenaler, BS, Aviation, Magna Cum Laude; Nadia Thurmes, BS, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude; Patricia Werner, BS, Accounting, Cum Laude