BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA (July 15, 2025) — South Dakota State University announces Alex Andrew Clemons of Bettendorf, Iowa, has graduated following the spring 2025 semester.
Clemons graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science from SDSU's College of Natural Sciences.
Nearly 1,500 students completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program. Overall, students from 34 states and 28 nations graduated following the spring 2025 semester. Nearly seventy students received two or more degrees or certificates from a college.
About South Dakota State University
Founded in 1881, South Dakota State University is the state's Morrill Act land-grant institution as well as its largest, most comprehensive school of higher education. SDSU confers degrees from seven different colleges representing more than 230 majors, minors, and specializations. The institution also offers 38 Master's degree programs, sixteen PhD, and two professional programs.
The work of the university is carried out on a residential campus in Brookings, at sites in Sioux Falls, Pierre, and Rapid City, and through Extension offices and Agricultural Experiment Station research sites across the state. SDSU's research expenditures for the 2024 fiscal year were $84 million.
