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Cosumnes River College

Region: North Far North

At a glance

Cosumnes River College's AI work is led by the Academic Senate's Academic Integrity and Generative AI Workgroup and library faculty including Rochelle Perez and Emily Bond, who deliver recurring monthly "AI Made Simple" workshops and professional development sessions for faculty and staff. The college has no formal AI policy, relying instead on existing academic integrity rules and faculty-developed syllabus language, though it has deployed an AI chatbot named Hawkeye on its website and offered specialized training such as an AI Basics Bootcamp for refugees through the Los Rios Refugee Career Pathways program.

Updated Scan Findings

3 new 🆕· 8 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 3
  • 🆕AI Basics Bootcamp for Refugees (Refugee Career Pathways). A free, multi-session 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Basics Bootcamp for Refugees' held online beginning Jan 13, 2025, run by the Los Rios Refugee Career Pathways program, teaching AI fundamentals and AI-tool use with a certificate upon completion (priority to Refugee Career Pathways clients). 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕August 2025 faculty/staff training on implementing AI in the classroom. Per the student newspaper The Connection (Sept 30, 2025), CRC faculty and staff attended a one-day August 2025 training on how AI tools are being used on college campuses; librarian Emily Bond was a presenter sharing challenges and opportunities of AI, and the article notes the library hosts monthly AI workshops. 2025 · medium confidencesource
  • Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education webinar series (district/statewide). A four-part 'Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education' webinar series (Sept 2023-April 2024) covering intro to generative AI, AI as a pedagogical tool, productivity uses, and AI-driven analytics was promoted on CRC's events calendar; organized with the ASCCC, FACCC, and the CCC Chancellor's Office (a Los Rios/statewide initiative rather than CRC-specific). 2023-2024 · medium confidencesource
AI Policies · 1
  • Academic integrity / plagiarism policy does NOT mention AI. CRC's 2025-2026 official catalog Plagiarism and Cheating Policy and the faculty 'Student Behavior and Academic Integrity' resource define plagiarism/cheating and unauthorized assistance but contain no reference to artificial intelligence, generative AI, or ChatGPT, indicating no AI-specific academic-integrity language as of the 2025-26 catalog. 2025 · high confidencesource
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4
  • 🆕'Hawkeye' AI chatbot on the CRC website. CRC's student Technology Resources page states the college website has a built-in chatbot named Hawkeye 'powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and designed to offer clear, personalized responses based on what you actually need.' undated · high confidencesource
  • Recurring library 'AI Made Simple' generative AI workshops. The CRC Library runs a recurring (roughly monthly, first-Friday) one-hour 'AI Made Simple: A Workshop for the Curious Mind' for students, offered both online via Zoom and in person in Library Computer Lab L-245, where participants learn key concepts, try AI tools, and discuss ethics of generative AI. Listed contacts are Dr. Rochelle Perez and April Austin. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • Earlier Flex professional-development discussion on AI in the classroom. An Aug 17, 2023 CRC Flex workshop, 'Exploring the Role of AI in the College Classroom,' presented by James Frazee, examined the appropriateness and inevitability of ChatGPT and other AI tools in college teaching and the benefits/challenges of AI integration. Fall 2023 · high confidencesource
  • Library workshop on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The Connection reported (Oct 23, 2024) that the CRC Library hosted a workshop exploring the ethics of artificial intelligence, teaching students to use AI as an academic tool while weighing ethical considerations; reflects the library's ongoing AI-literacy programming. Fall 2024 · medium confidencesource

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

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Team/Lead: Cosumnes River College/Senate/Integrity and Generative AI Workgroup/Library Faculty Rochelle Perez

AI Policies

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AI Courses, Tools & Resources

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  • Cosumnes River College (CRC) has hosted workshops and discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) for students, faculty, and staff.
  • Workshops
  • AI Made Simple: A Workshop for the Curious Mind: An online workshop led by CRC librarians that explores generative AI
  • CRC Flex Workshop: Exploring the Role of AI in the College: A professional development discussion about the use of AI tools in the classroom
  • Discussions
  • Professional development discussion about AI tools in the college classroom: A discussion about the use of AI tools in the classroom
  • Information security
  • CRC is committed to protecting information related to teaching, research, business operations, and the communities it supports.
  • Academic integrity
  • CRC defines plagiarism and cheating to include using unauthorized materials or aids during an exam, such as calculators, dictionaries, or information accessed via electronic devices.
  • AI Made Simple: A Workshop for the Curious Mind Workshop
  • Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education Series
  • Tuesday, September 25, 2023 - Overview and Introduction to Generative
  • Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - AI Generative AI as a Tool for Teaching and Learning
  • Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - Generative AI as a General Productivity Booster
  • Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - AI-Enhanced Analytics and Learning Platforms
  • CRC Flex Workshop: Exploring the Role of AI in the College Classroom: A Professional Development Discussion 2023

Entities from the knowledge graph

college: Cosumnes River Collegeinitiative: Fall 2024 AI Learning Instituteinitiative: AI Made Simple: A Workshop for the Curious Mindinitiative: CRC Flex Workshop: Exploring the Role of AI in the Collegeinitiative: Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education Seriesorganization: CRC Academic Senateorganization: Academic Integrity and Generative AI Workgrouporganization: CRC Libraryperson: Rochelle Perez

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Contacts at this college

Name / RoleEmailPhone
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Rochelle Perez
Library Faculty
perezr@crc.losrios.edu(916) 691-7629