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American River College
Region: North Far North
At a glance
American River College has established a designated AI faculty fellow role (Dyanne Marte, fashion and interior design chair) who organized a campus-wide AI Symposium in April 2026 featuring panels, live demos, and literacy workshops with industry partners. The Center for Teaching and Learning and Instructional Technology Center lead professional development, including hosting a statewide "Reclaiming Joy" event on human-centered teaching in the AI era. ARC deploys "Bucky," an AI chatbot answering student questions 24/7 across the Los Rios district.
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- 🆕AI Symposium held April 24, 2026. ARC hosted a campuswide AI Symposium on April 24, 2026, with discussion panels, live demonstrations, and interactive AI literacy workshops for faculty, students, and staff; organized by ARC department chair and AI faculty fellow Dyanne Marte, who said the goal was to give people 'bite-sized amounts' of information and 'a safe space to actually play.' 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕ARC CTL hosted 'Reclaiming Joy - Human-First Teaching in the AI Era'. On April 17, 2026 (8:30am-3:00pm) the ARC Center for Teaching and Learning hosted a free, Chancellor's Office-hosted, Flex-credit event for faculty across the California Community Colleges on human-centered teaching in a time of rapid change; held in person at ARC's Raef Hall Room 160, with ARC contact Dyanne Marte (martem@arc.losrios.edu). 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕ARC has an 'AI faculty fellow' role. Dyanne Marte, ARC's department chair of fashion and interior design, holds the title of AI faculty fellow and organized the 2026 AI Symposium, indicating a designated faculty leadership position focused on AI at the college. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Symposium keynote on rehumanizing education in the AI age. The AI Symposium keynote, 'Beyond the Hype: Rehumanizing Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,' was delivered by Chesa Caparas, an AI faculty fellow from De Anza College. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education webinar series. ARC promoted the statewide 'Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education' four-part webinar series (Sept 2023-Apr 2024) run by the ASCCC, FACCC, and the CCC Chancellor's Office, including a Nov 7, 2023 session on 'Generative AI as a Tool for Teaching and Learning.' 2024 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 3
- 🆕AI website chatbot 'Bucky' for student support. ARC deploys an AI-powered chatbot named Bucky in the corner of its webpages that interprets question context (not just keywords) to answer enrollment, financial aid, and deadline questions 24/7; it contributed to a 97% success rate answering a combined 244,255 questions across all four Los Rios colleges in 2024-2025, with human oversight 'behind the scenes.' 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Industry partners ran AI literacy workshops at symposium. AI industry firms Microsoft, Adobe, Ocelot, Nectar, and Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) held interactive workshops at ARC's April 2026 AI Symposium focused on AI literacy and navigating AI's role in education. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- Computer Science course covers AI and machine learning concepts. ARC's Computer Information Science offerings include an introductory computer science course covering careers in technology, with topics and a learning outcome that include analyzing artificial intelligence applications and machine learning; no dedicated standalone AI course or certificate was confirmed in public catalog pages. 2025 · low confidence — source
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AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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Team/Lead: American River College/ITC, CTL, and CS Professor Tak Auyeung
- 2020 Mention of AI in 2020-31 ARC Master Plan
- IMPERATIVE 2: PREPARE STUDENTS FOR AN EVER-CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF WORK
- Multiple instances of investment in PD, including ARC faculty providing PD outside of campus
- 2023-2024 CO AI series
- Feb 2025 FACCC Policy Forum: AI in Higher Ed the Promise and Peril
- Example of both involvement of internal PD Instructional Technology Center (ITC) and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
- Also, student engagement!
- AI Refuse to be Afraid of AI, ARC Student Paper
- AI Basics for Refugees
AI Policies
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Team/Lead: American River College
- Policy not yet found. Relies on current academic integrity policy.
AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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Team/Lead: American River College
- PD, including ARC faculty providing PD outside of campus
- 2023-2024 CO AI series
- Overview and Introduction to Generative
- AI Generative AI as a Tool for Teaching and Learning
- Generative AI as a General Productivity Booster
- AI-Enhanced Analytics and Learning Platforms
- This is not the end: What AI can do & what we can do about it
- Feb 2025 FACCC Policy Forum: AI in Higher Ed the Promise and Peril (with sister college, FLC)
- Example of both involvement of internal PD Instructional Technology Center (ITC) and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
- Also, student engagement!
- AI Refuse to be Afraid of AI, ARC Student Paper
- AI Basics for Refugees
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: American River Collegeinitiative: CO AI seriesinitiative: FACCC Policy Forum: AI in Higher Ed the Promise and Perilinitiative: 2023-2024 CO AI Seriesinitiative: Overview and Introduction to Generative AIinitiative: Generative AI as a Tool for Teaching and Learninginitiative: Generative AI as a General Productivity Boosterinitiative: AI-Enhanced Analytics and Learning Platformsinitiative: This is not the end: What AI can do & what we can do about itinitiative: AI Basics for Refugeesorganization: Instructional Technology Centerorganization: Center for Teaching and Learningperson: Tak Auyeungpolicy: ARC Master Plan 2020-31policy: American River College Academic Integrity Policy
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- https://arc.losrios.edu/campus-life/calendar-and-events/event?id=x87494&date=20231107&time=1200 fetched
- https://arc.losrios.edu/campus-life/calendar-and-events/event?id=x96903&date=20250113&time=0900 fetched
- https://faccc.memberclicks.net/index.php%3Foption=com_jevents&task=icalevent.detail&evid=404&year=2024&month=10&day=22&uid=b28800dec1dc3f4691cfb403d43d7d7a fetched
- https://www.arcurrent.com/opinion/2024/05/09/i-refuse-to-be-afraid-of-ai/ fetched
AI Policies · 1
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 1
Contacts at this college
| Name / Role | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
TA Tak Auyeung CS Professor | auyeunt@arc.losrios.edu | (916) 484-8250 |
DI — | Diane.Carlson@flc.losrios.edu | |
WA — | WagnerC@arc.losrios.edu |