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Copper Mountain College

Region: Inland Empire / Desert

At a glance

Copper Mountain College made AI the centerpiece of its May 2026 Institutional Learning Outcomes Conference, featuring faculty-focused keynotes on human-first AI principles and course design alongside a student panel on academic integrity and AI use. The college has deployed "Spike," an Ocelot-powered chatbot providing 24/7 student support across financial aid and other services, and library faculty Kai Schott continues to lead resources on citations and plagiarism. No formal AI policy has been adopted; the college relies on existing academic integrity standards.

Updated Scan Findings

5 new 🆕· 6 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 2
  • 🆕2026 Institutional Learning Outcomes Conference centered on AI. Copper Mountain College made artificial intelligence the theme of its 2026 Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) Conference, 'AI and Community: Co-Creating Our Future,' held May 9, 2026 at the campus Bell Center, signaling institution-wide engagement with AI in education and careers. 2026 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕Faculty-facing AI keynotes on course design and AI literacy. The 2026 ILO conference featured keynotes aimed at educators, including Cheryl Strauss Einhorn on 'Human First AI Principles' and Ken Shelton on 'Future Ready or Future Reactive? Literacy, Learning, and AI by Design,' addressing how to integrate AI into course design and teaching while preserving human judgment. 2026 · high confidencesource
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4
  • 🆕Student panel on AI use and academic integrity at CMC. The 2026 ILO conference included a student panel exploring how CMC students use AI in academic and personal life, weighing benefits (efficiency, learning support, access to information) against drawbacks such as overreliance, academic integrity concerns, and misinformation. 2026 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕'Spike' campus-wide AI chatbot powered by Ocelot. Copper Mountain College launched 'Spike,' an Ocelot-powered AI chatbot providing students self-service support 24/7/365 across campus including financial aid; Financial Aid Director David Shook praised the rollout, saying 'Ocelot's virtual products are second to none.' undated · medium confidencesource
  • 🆕Vendor partnership with Ocelot for AI student-engagement platform. CMC partnered with Ocelot, a higher-ed SaaS provider of multilingual AI chatbots, to deploy its 'Spike' assistant drawing on Ocelot's knowledge base and how-to video library across student-service departments. undated · medium confidencesource
  • No AI-dedicated degree or certificate identified. CMC's 2025-26 degrees/certificates list includes Computer Science (AS-T), Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming, and cybersecurity certificates, but no program dedicated to artificial intelligence or machine learning was found. 2025 · medium confidencesource

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

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Team/Lead: Copper Mountain College/Senate/Library Faculty Kai Schott

AI Policies

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Entities from the knowledge graph

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Contacts at this college

Name / RoleEmailPhone
KS
Kai Schott
Library Faculty and Staff
(760) 366-3791