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Mendocino College
Region: North Far North
At a glance
Mendocino College's AI work is led by Computer Science instructor Dave Pai, who serves on the statewide ASCCC AI Caucus, and Curriculum Chair Neeka Aguirre; the Faculty Senate began policy discussions in December 2024. The college currently defers AI-use decisions to individual instructors, as stated in its actively maintained library guide, and has deployed an AlterEgo AI chatbot for 24/7 IT help desk support. Policy development remains in early discussion stages.
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- Faculty representation on statewide ASCCC AI/GenAI Technologies Caucus. David Pai, a Computer Science instructor at Mendocino College, is listed as a member of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Artificial Intelligence and Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies Caucus, a statewide faculty body advising local senates on AI policy, legislation, and strategy. 2025 · medium confidence — source
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- Instructor-discretion guidance on AI use. The library's generative AI guide advises students that 'work submitted by a student must be their own,' cautions against using generative AI to write assignments, and tells students to 'Check with your instructor for each course to find out the policy on using ChatGPT and similar tools' (i.e., AI use is governed at the individual course/instructor level). 2026 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 2
- 🆕AlterEgo AI Bot for 24/7 IT Help Desk. Mendocino College IT offers 24/7 support through an 'IT Help Desk AlterEgo AI Bot' that provides basic technology support when the IT team is unavailable; the AlterEgo product is from Invoke Learning. The tool is referenced on the college's Tech Support and Online Education pages (contact via 707-468-3210 / askit@mendocino.edu). undated · high confidence — source
- Library Student Guide to Generative AI (actively maintained). The Mendocino College Library maintains a 'Student Guide to AI: Generative AI' LibGuide (adapted from the University of Arizona Libraries' Student Guide to ChatGPT, CC BY 4.0) covering how generative AI works, fact-checking, whether using ChatGPT is cheating, citing AI, tools beyond ChatGPT, and a research-topic activity. The page shows 'Last Updated: May 13, 2026,' indicating it is actively maintained. 2026 · high confidence — source
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AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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Team/Lead: Mendocino College/President/Senate/Curriculum Chair Neeka Aguirre/Dave Pai participates
- Prof. Dave Pai participates in CCC AIC
- President's newsletter updates
- Faculty Senate workgroup
- Curriculum Chair Neeka Aguirre
- December 2024 Faculty Senate moved to discussion creation of AI policy
AI Policies
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AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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- Library Guide on Copyright and Creative Commons includes AI
- Copyright Office - Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: Mendocino Collegeinitiative: Faculty Senate AI Workgrouporganization: CCC AICorganization: Mendocino College Faculty Senateperson: Dave Paiperson: Neeka Aguirrepolicy: Mendocino College AI Policypolicy: Mendocino College Student Code of Conduct
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Contacts at this college
| Name / Role | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
DP Dave Pai Professor | dpai@mendocino.edu | (707) 468-3126 |
NA Neeka Aguirre Curriculum Chair | naguirre@mendocino.edu | (707) 467-1030 |