Congratulations Spring 2024 Graduates!

Four PhDs, 13 Masters and 44 Bachelors students graduated from the Department of Agronomy this spring. We wish them well and much success!

In photo above: Agronomy students, staff and faculty at 2024 Spring Convocation at Hilton Coliseum on May 10.

Akintayo F. Oluwatoyosi is awarded with a PhD in Plant Biology by Major Professor Madan Bhattacharyya.

Online Masters of Agronomy graduates from left, Cody Schneider, Martin Gaudet, Kelsey Richie and Paige Rystrom stand outside Hilton Coliseum.

2024 agronomy graduates — Left, Minjeong Kang, PhD in plant biology, with Major Professor Kan Wang. Dr. Kang was also a recipient of the Research Excellence Award. Center, Kai Goble stands ready to walk across the stage at Hilton Coliseum during the undergraduate commencement ceremony. Right, Agronomy Interim-Chair Mary Wiedenhoeft and Ashley Hanks share a celebratory hug at convocation.

PhDs

Oluwatoyosi Akintayo – Plant Biology (Bhattacharyya)
Amruta Bapat – Genetics and Genomics (Lubberstedt & Scott)
Leila Fattel – Genetics and Genomics (Lawrence-Dill)
Minjeong Kang – Plant Biology (Wang)

Masters

Ethan Aizikovitz – Agronomy (Kwaw-Mensah)
Richard Ancel – Agronomy (Kwaw-Mensah)
Lee Boles – Agronomy (Licht)
Barry Christensen – Agronomy (Licht)
Marty Gaudet – Agronomy (Kwaw-Mensah)
Jacob Knopf – Agronomy (Cruse & Kwaw-Mensah)
Leanne Makens – Soil Science (Castellano)

Joscif Raigne – Plant Breeding (Singh)
Kelsey Richie – Agronomy (Licht & Mueller)
Paige Rystrom – Agronomy (Licht & O’Neal)
Cody Schneider – Agronomy (Licht & Robertson)
Pransiskudura Silva – Plant Breeding (Lubberstedt & Scott)
Jody Wilhelm – Agronomy (Kwaw-Mensah)

Bachelors

Zachary Ballou – Agronomy
Dane Balzer – Agronomy
Rachael Beelner – Agronomy
Matthew Bird – Agronomy & Biochemistry
Joshua Black – Agronomy & Animal Science
Abigail Boehm – Agronomy
Joseph Borgmeyer – Agronomy (Cum Laude)
Caitlyn Bruntz – Agronomy & Seed Science (Magna Cum Laude)
Sage Coffman – Agronomy & Environmental Science (Cum Laude)
Brett Collison – Agronomy
Alexander Coughlin – Agronomy & Seed Science (Magna Cum Laude)
Allison Dagli – Agronomy & Seed Science (Cum Laude)
Madelyn De Jong – Agronomy & Seed Science
Tate Den Beste – Agronomy (Magna Cum Laude)
SallyJo Geckler – Agronomy & Seed Science
Kai Goble – Agronomy (Magna Cum Laude)
Lauren Goldsmith – Agronomy (Cum Laude)
Caiden Goodman – Agronomy
Nolan Grove – Agronomy (Summa Cum Laude)
Ashley Hanks – Agronomy
Courtney Harle – Agronomy & Int’l Ag (Summa Cum Laude)
Elijah Hartman – Agronomy

Wyatt Hough – Agronomy
Matisyn Howell – Agronomy
Lauren Jaschke – Agronomy (Magna Cum Laude)
Paige Kastner – Agronomy & Seed Science (Magna Cum Laude)
Ryan Kelly – Agronomy & Horticulture (Magna Cum Laude)
Katelyn Kucera – Agronomy
Elan Ledger – Agronomy
Kaytlin Luellen – Agronomy
Andrew Martin – Agronomy (Magna Cum Laude)
Khadija Mbacke – Agronomy & Horticulture (Magna Cum Laude)
Jacob Meester – Agronomy
Alvaro Quintano Vazquez – Agronomy
Emily Reinhart – Agronomy
Luke Schmitz – Agronomy (Cum Laude)
Thomas Thompson – Agronomy & Seed Science (Magna Cum Laude)
Elizabeth Tranel – Agronomy & Seed Science (Magna Cum Laude)
Jayden Veenstra – Agronomy
Estelle Venable – Agronomy & Spanish
David Wedemeyer – Agronomy
Kayla White – Agronomy (Cum Laude)
Taten Williams – Agronomy & Agricultural Studies
Raymond Wilmes – Agronomy & Horticulture (Cum Laude)