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San Diego Mesa College
Region: San Diego / Imperial
At a glance
San Diego Mesa College's AI work is led by librarian Alison Gurganus, who maintains comprehensive LibGuides, facilitated an August 2025 faculty workshop on AI syllabus policies, and represents Mesa on the district's AAC&U Institute team. An Academic Senate AI Task Force chaired by Ryan/Mongelluzzo began meeting in fall 2025, building on a 2023 Academic Affairs report. The college has moved beyond policy drafting to implementation, offering district-supported AI tools (Khanmigo, Nectir, PlayLab) in Canvas, deploying a Gravyty/Ocelot chatbot handling 85,700+ student interactions, and delivering AI Literacy 101 sessions for students.
Updated Scan Findings
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- 🆕Academic Senate AI Task Force active. The October 13, 2025 SDMC Academic Senate meeting minutes list an 'SDMC AS Task Force on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)' chaired by Ryan/Mongelluzzo, reporting that the task force was meeting that week. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Faculty workshop: 'AI in the Syllabus and Classroom'. On August 18, 2025, librarian Alison Gurganus presented an interactive Zoom flex workshop (Flex 30279) helping faculty draft/revise AI syllabus policies, explore policy approaches, and plan student conversations about AI use. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕SDCCD selected for AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy & Curriculum. SDCCD (one of 124 institutions nationally) joined the AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum running through April 11, 2025; Alison Gurganus represents San Diego Mesa College as a faculty specialist on the district team. 2024 · high confidence — source
- 🆕SDCCD first 'InnovAItion Day' AI symposium. The San Diego Community College District (parent district of Mesa) hosted its first all-day AI symposium ('InnovAItion Day') on April 18, 2025, with panels, breakout sessions, and hands-on experiences for faculty, staff, and students. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕MOST faculty development integrates AI tools. A California Competes profile (March 27, 2025) of Mesa's faculty-led Mesa Online Success Team (MOST) online-teaching program quotes a Fall 2024 cohort participant who learned 'how AI tools can enhance feedback while still preserving' authentic teaching voice. 2025 · medium confidence — source
AI Policies · 3
- AI and Academic Integrity guidance. The 'AI and Academic Integrity' LibGuide page (updated Sept 4, 2025) distinguishes using AI as a tool versus a content creator, states that presenting AI-generated content as one's own without attribution is plagiarism, and directs students to quote/paraphrase AI output. 2025 · high confidence — source
- District syllabus-policy framework with sample AI statements. The SDCCD AI faculty-resources page (applies to Mesa) affirms faculty set their own course AI policies and provides three options (full use with citation; conditional/assistive use; no use), plus sample syllabus language, a Week-1 Canvas announcement template, and a student 'AI Contract' acknowledgment quiz. undated · high confidence — source
- Academic Affairs Report on Generative AI (2023). Mesa's Academic Senate Academic Affairs committee produced a September 2023 'Report on Generative AI' (authored by Mary Gwin), an early institutional analysis of generative AI in teaching and academic integrity (baseline document). Fall 2023 · medium confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 7
- 🆕'AI Literacy 101' student session (April 2026). Mesa College held an 'AI Literacy 101' virtual session on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 (12:45-2:10 PM via Zoom), with the tagline 'Work smarter not harder, learn how to use AI tools responsibly for school and beyond'; contact listed as Miguel Murillo Ayala. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI software used to catch enrollment fraud. October 13, 2025 Academic Senate minutes report that, per the VP of Instruction, fraud numbers are decreasing because 'AI software is catching fraudulent enrollees earlier in the process' (each California community college pays a fee for the software). 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕District-supported AI tools (Khanmigo, Nectir, PlayLab). The SDCCD AI faculty-resources page lists three district-supported AI platforms for brainstorming assignments accessible via Canvas: Khanmigo, Nectir, and PlayLab. undated · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Gravyty Ivy/Ocelot AI chatbot for student support. Mesa consolidated multiple departmental chatbots into one centralized Gravyty Ivy & Ocelot AI chatbot paired with live agents, spanning Admissions, Counseling, Financial Aid and general services; a case study cites 85,700+ AI-powered support interactions and a 355% increase in chatbot conversations over three years. undated · medium confidence — source
- 'AI in the Classroom' LibGuide (updated Sept 2025). Mesa's library maintains an 'Artificial Intelligence In The Classroom' research guide (creator/librarian Alison Gurganus, last updated September 4, 2025) covering AI/ChatGPT fundamentals, academic integrity, citation, and faculty/administrator resources. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Faculty AI resources: syllabus templates and AI bots. The LibGuide 'Resources for Classroom Faculty' page (updated Sept 4, 2025) provides AI syllabus policy templates (Oregon State, CSUN, Lamar, Purdue, Penn), an AI Syllabus Creator bot and AI Assessment Redesign bot via PlayLab, an Ethan Mollick keynote, and AI detection/literacy resources with reliability caveats. 2025 · high confidence — source
- MOST 'Suggestions for ChatGPT' toolkit. Mesa's professional-learning MOST program maintains a regularly updated 'MOST Suggestions for ChatGPT' resource with coach recommendations for responding to ChatGPT in teaching, listed among Mesa's AI resources. undated · medium confidence — source
Spring 2025 baseline
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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Team/Lead: San Diego Mesa College/Alison Gurganus, SD Mesa Librarian
- Library faculty created Guides Alison Gurganus, SD Mesa Librarian
- Artificial Intelligence in The Classroom
- Resources for Classroom Faculty
- Classroom Policy and Syllabus Assistance
- Student Guide to Citing Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools
- Resources For Librarians
- Resources For Administrators
- SDCCD Resources
- Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity
- News About AI in Education
- See above-noted district approach
- Survey: There are then pockets through the colleges in the following disciplines in which I am aware: English and languages, ICT, Business, noncredit, career services
AI Policies
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Team/Lead: San Diego Mesa College
- Please review the above-noted SDCCD approach
AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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Team/Lead: San Diego Mesa College
- PD
- Librarian-created Resource Guide AI in the Classroom
- Please see above-noted district approaches
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: San Diego Mesa Collegeorganization: San Diego Mesa College Library Facultyorganization: SDCCDorganization: San Diego Mesa College Library
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