LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (February 6, 2026) — Michael Henderson of Muscatine has been named to the Deans' Commendation List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year.

Henderson, a junior majoring in PGA golf management, was named to the Dean's Commendation List for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

More than 400 students at Nebraska were named to the Commendation List for the fall semester.

The Commendation List recognizes students in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education and Human Sciences, College of Engineering, and/or College of Journalism and Mass Communications who met or exceeded a specified grade-point average and carried six to eleven graded semester hours.

Qualification for the Commendation List varies. Listed below are the minimum requirements for each college and the name of its respective dean. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale. Students can be on the Commendation List for more than one college.

  • College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 3.75; Interim Dean Thomas Burkey.
  • College of Arts and Sciences, 3.7; Interim Dean Patrick Dussault.
  • College of Education and Human Sciences, 3.75; Dean Jeff Reese.
  • College of Engineering, 3.7; Dean Lance C. Perez.
  • College of Journalism and Mass Communications, 3.7; Interim Dean Adam Wagler.

For the full Deans' Commendation List, visit https://go.unl.edu/commendation-fall25.

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