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Honorary Degree Recipients
| Honory Degree Recipient | Date of Award | Degree Awarded | Profession at time degree was awarded |
| Geoff Smith | May-23 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | President, IBI Data; Riverland Community College Foundation Board President |
| Gary J. Ray | May-19 | Honorary Doctor of Education | Former) Chair of The Hormel Foundation |
| Bonnie Besse Rietz | May-15 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | Bonnie Bessie Rietz currently serves on the Riverland community College Foundation Board of Directors, The Hormel Foundation Board of Directors (vice-chair), and the Blandin Foundation Board of Trustees. |
| Terrance N. Dilley | May-13 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | Riverland Community College Instructor and Faculty Emeritus |
| Richard L. Knowlton | May-11 | Honorary Doctor of Education | Chair of The Hormel Foundation and former President/CEO of Hormel Foods, Inc. (Austin) |
| Gauher “Mo” Mohammad | May-09 | Honorary Doctor of Education | Vice President, Doherty Staffing Solutions (Owatonna) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
| Steve Waldhoff | May-07 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Chief Administrative Officer, Albert Lea Medical Center (Albert Lea) |
| Jeffrey Kritzer | May-05 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Attorney, Hormel Foods Inc. (Austin) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
| Jim Wendorff | May-03 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Vice President of Human Resources, Viracon (Owatonna) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
| Allan Larson | May-02 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Owner, Larson Contracting Inc. (Austin) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
| Elliot Dubinsky | May-01 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Business owner (Austin) and Riverland Community College Foundation benefactor |
| Dan Dorman | May-00 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Business owner (Albert Lea), state representative, and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
| Roger Boughton | May-00 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Retired Vice President of Academic Affairs, Riverland Community College and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
| Nancy VanderWaerdt | May-99 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | Business owner (Albert Lea) and Riverland Community College Foundation board member |
| Timothy McManimon | May-98 | Honorary Associate of Arts Degree | President, Well Fargo Bank (Owatonna) |