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Reedley College

Region: Central Valley / Mother Lode

At a glance

Reedley College's AI adoption is led by library faculty Allie Kenyon and English faculty Lori Levine, who created a comprehensive ChatGPT research guide in July 2023 covering academic use, citation, and ethical resources. The college has delivered multiple professional development initiatives—including a multi-part workshop series, a January 2025 session on student AI discussions led by an external expert, and the ongoing CELA 314 course on integrating AI into teaching. President Jerry Buckley publicly frames AI as a workforce-transformation driver requiring new competency-based certificates and degrees for adult reskilling.

Updated Scan Findings

3 new 🆕· 6 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 3
  • 🆕Faculty PD session: 'Engaging Your Students in Honest Discussions about AI'. On January 10, 2025, Reedley College hosted a faculty professional development presentation, 'Important Conversations: Engaging Your Students in Honest Discussions about AI,' led by Dr. Lew Ludwig (Denison University), covering generative-AI capabilities and classroom strategies for AI discussions. January 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕President Jerry Buckley on AI-driven workforce reskilling. Reedley College President Dr. Jerry Buckley publicly framed AI as a workforce-transformation driver, saying colleges must become lifelong-reskilling 'facilities' and that 'we've got to figure out what those new certificates and degrees are going to look like,' citing competency-based education to help adults retrain for AI-influenced jobs. September 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 'Exploring the World of Artificial Intelligence' faculty workshop series. Reedley College ran a multi-part professional development workshop series, 'Exploring The World of Artificial Intelligence: A Reedley College Professional Development Workshop Series,' documented as a YouTube playlist of virtual AI workshops (Reedley invited Fresno City College faculty to participate). undated (pre-2025 baseline series) · medium confidencesource
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 3
  • 🆕CELA 314 'Integrating AI into Teaching' educator course. Reedley College's Continuing Education Learning Academy (CELA) offers a noncredit/professional-development course, CELA 314 / TEC-1922 'Integrating AI into Teaching' (instructor Amanda Taintor), equipping educators to integrate AI into teaching, personalize instruction, and address ethical considerations and AI over-reliance in assessment. 2025/2026 (currently listed) · high confidencesource
  • Library research guide on AI and ChatGPT. The Reedley College Library maintains a 'ChatGPT and AI' subject/course guide with four sections: 'What is AI and ChatGPT?', 'Academia and AI', 'Citing AI', and 'Additional Resources' (podcasts, books like 'Race after Technology' and 'Algorithms of Oppression'). The guide explicitly addresses citing AI and classroom impacts. 2023 (last updated July 12, 2023) · high confidencesource
  • 'Citing AI' and 'Academia and AI' library guide tabs. Within the library AI guide, dedicated 'Citing AI' and 'Academia and AI' tabs discuss how/when to cite large language models per MLA/APA/Chicago and surface academic-integrity concerns about AI-generated student work. 2023 (last updated July 12, 2023) · high confidencesource

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

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Team/Lead: Reedley College/Library Faculty Allie Kenyon/English Faculty Lori Levine

AI Policies

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Entities from the knowledge graph

college: Reedley Collegeinitiative: Continuing Education Learning Academyinitiative: Revising Syllabus with AIinitiative: CELA 314 - Integrating AI into Teachingorganization: Reedley College Library Facultyperson: Allie Kenyonperson: Lori Levinepolicy: Reedley College Academic Integrity Code of Conduct

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Contacts at this college

Name / RoleEmailPhone
AK
Allie Kenyon
Library Faculty
(559) 494-3063
LL
Lori Levine
English Faculty
lori.levine@reedleycollege.edu
EX
extendedlearning@reedleycollege.edu