Minnesota West Community & Technical College virtual commencement and candidates for graduation

Minnesota West hosted a virtual commencement ceremony honoring 2020 graduates May 15. The virtual commencement ceremony and graduation information can be found at www.mnwest.edu and was streamed on the Minnesota West facebook page at www.facebook.com/MinnesotaWest.

Local graduates include: Celeste Aamodt, Slayton; Sunmisoa Abimbola, Marshall; Olabisi Adebayo, Marshall; Hannah Anderson, Dawson; Kiana Anderson, Tracy; Lee Anderson, Cottonwood; Grant Anseeuw, Canby; Colby Azevedo, Canby; Austin Bahn, Wood Lake; Hailey Bakken, Westbrook; Olamide Balogun, Marshall; Kelsey Barstad, Slayton; Sydney Bartunek, Dawson; Chase Beernaert, Marshall; Andrew Bennett, Marshall; Ashlyn Bentley, Marshall; Kristina Blomme, Slayton; Cora Bolt, Minneota; Colin Brennan, Canby; Melissa Bruss, Marshall; Wade Busselman, Ivanhoe; Mark Busswitz, Westbrook; Isaac Callens, Marshall; Alison Castor, Marshall; Jackson Chamberlain, Marshall; Marline Chelimo, Marshall; Jemimah Chepkogei, Marshall; Kyle Christensen, Milroy; Hailey Cobb, Granite Falls; Tyler Crawford, Granite Falls; Christinea Dahl, Hanley Falls; Savannah Danielson, Slayton; Ann De Smet, Minneota; Diana De Smet, Minneota; Anthony DeSmet, Minneota; Zachary DeVaan, Ghent; Graham Dinnel, Lake Benton; Colton Ebel, Hanley Falls; Vanessa Erickson, Cottonwood; Lonah Ewoi, Marshall; Jordan Falconer, Marshall; Braeden Full, Canby; Jaden Gannott, Marshall; Joseph Garvey, Marshall; Elizabeth Gillette, Slayton; Kenzie Gillow, Marshall; Kasey Goblirsch, Balaton; Carlee Goslar, Marshall; Samantha Halvorson, Granite Falls; Cole Hanson, Hendricks; Kylie Hanson, Cottonwood; Pegi Harberts, Dawson; Stone Irvine, Clarkfield; Alec Jahn, Marshall; Amanda Jensen, Westbrook; Corey Johnson, Granite Falls; Morgan Johnson, Boyd; Nicholas Kayser, Marshall; Betty Kemei, Marshall; Eliud Kipruto, Marshall; Nicholas Kittelson, Dawson; Austin Klaith, Marshall; Valentine Koros, Marshall; Caren Kosgei, Marshall; Owen Kosgey, Marshall; Alicia Lee, Canby; Shawn Lehmann, Dawson; Nicholas Lindstrom, Hanley Falls; Avery Lokken, Canby; Charlynn Lund, Granite Falls; Lexy Manderscheid, Lake Wilson; Parker McNeil, Marshall; Brittney McWilliams, Marshall; Richard Mendoza, Slayton; Kaleb Mercie, Marshall; Angie Midthun, Granite Falls; Grace Moline, Slayton; Denaca Moorse, Minneota; Haley Moseng, Dawson; Edwinah Mosioma, Marshall; Roselida Mukanga, Marshall; Hilda Murrey, Marshall; Diana Ness, Lake Wilson; Tiffany Neyens, Minneota; Charity Ngelo, Marshall; Joseph Odirih, Marshall; Brenna Olsen, Hendricks; Paige Olson, Dawson; Heidi Pavek, Ivanhoe; Isaiah Perry, Granite Falls; Joshua Peterson, Granite Falls; Samantha Pohlen, Wabasso; Carter Pottratz, Holland; Janessa Read, Wood Lake; Leah Rigge, Echo; Christopher Robasse, Wabasso; Jacqueline Rondoni, Slayton; Fatimat Rufai, Marshall; Haylee Ruppert, Marshall; Maria Sandoval, Marshall; Addy Schaefer, Wood Lake; Eva Scholten, Russell; Anabelle Schommer, Dawson; Sybil Schultz, Russell; Maxwell Schumacher, Hendricks; Trent Skjefte, Granite Falls; Victoria Skorczewski, Ivanhoe; Tawnni Slagel, Lucan; Taylor St. Pierre, Cottonwood; Tara Staab, Clarkfield; Tyler Sumerfelt, Cottonwood; Tiffany Tennis, Clarkfield; Tyler Thielges, Marshall; Barbara Thomsen, Marshall; Michael Timm, Granite Falls; Sonja VanDam, Tracy; Gaoshoua Vang, Marshall; Bridget Varpness, Cottonwood; Amanda Versaevel, Marshall; Amy Vierstraete, Ghent; Sandie Zamora, Canby.

Minnesota State University, Mankato awards 2,367 degrees at end of spring semester

Minnesota State University, Mankato awarded 2,367 degrees to 2,294 students at the end of the spring 2020 semester, with this spring’s graduates celebrated through a special website that launched May 9, the day on which the University’s three traditional graduation ceremonies were scheduled but cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Each graduate also received personalized URL video messages by email on May 9, and “commencement-in-a-box” packages were shipped to each graduate the week before graduation.

Local graduates are:

Cottonwood: Alexandria Bofferding, BS, family consumer science. Currie: Nicholas Lehnhoff, BS, construction management; McKenzie Schmitz, MS, community health education. Granite Falls: Chase Richter, BS, management. Marshall: Grace Bolin, BA, communication disorders, cum laude; Shelby Coens, BS, law enforcement, magna cum laude; Izabella Dieken, BS, biology, cum laude; Gabrielle Hess, BS, nursing, summa cum laude; Shauna Vandendriessche, BS, marketing, magna cum laude. Milroy: Timothy Amick, BS, automotive engineering technology. Taunton: Ashley Grengs, BS, geology, magna cum laude. Tyler: Sydney Johansen, BS, psychology, summa cum laude. Walnut Grove: Marina Shima, BS, psychology, cum laude.