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Citrus College

Region: Los Angeles

At a glance

Citrus College's Academic Senate launched an AI workgroup in 2025, led by faculty including English professor Becky Rudd and architecture professor Tommy Reyes, to serve as a resource hub and professional development coordinator; the workgroup previously developed four graduated voluntary syllabus statements (Fall 2024) ranging from permissive to restrictive use. The Hayden Memorial Library offers a student AI research guide, and COUN 103 now teaches AI-powered job search tools, though the college has no comprehensive institutional AI policy.

Updated Scan Findings

2 new 🆕· 5 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 2
  • 🆕Academic Senate AI workgroup / community of practice. The Citrus College Academic Senate formed an AI task group (workgroup/community of practice) in 2025 to serve as a hub for faculty questions on AI and a resource for professional development; members named include English professor Becky Rudd and architecture professor Tommy Reyes, with Academic Senate President Lisa Villa noting no administrative directives are expected until the workgroup feels confident making recommendations. 2025 · high confidencesource
  • 🆕Faculty attending AI conferences/workshops via workgroup. Per the student newspaper, Citrus College professors involved in the Academic Senate AI workgroup have attended AI conferences and workshops discussing AI capabilities and limitations, and the workgroup is intended to be a resource for professional development opportunities; no specific institution-run PD program is documented. 2025 · medium confidencesource
AI Policies · 1
  • Graduated AI syllabus statements developed by Academic Senate workgroup. An Academic Senate workgroup headed by English professor Eric Odegaard (with history professor/online education coordinator Senya Lubisich) developed four graduated AI syllabus statements ranging from permissive (AI allowed only with explicit professor permission) to restrictive (tools like ChatGPT and Grammarly prohibited, with possible referral to the Office of Student Affairs); use is voluntary since the Senate cannot dictate how individual instructors teach. Fall 2024 · high confidencesource
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 2
  • Hayden Memorial Library AI research guide for students. The Hayden Memorial Library maintains a student-focused Artificial Intelligence research guide covering AI uses and limitations, information literacy, bias/diversity, ethics, generative AI tool reviews, and citation; it states the library does not endorse any specific AI technologies, advises caution with personal information, and tells students to ask their instructor about acceptable use since the college has no comprehensive AI guidelines. undated · high confidencesource
  • COUN 103 covers AI tools for job/internship search. COUN 103, titled 'Social Media and Artificial Intelligence for Job/Internship Search' (3 units), teaches students to understand the role of AI in the modern job search and to effectively use AI-powered job search platforms and tools; listed in the 2025-2026 catalog. 2025 · high confidencesource

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

V2030: PeopleV2030: SystemsV2030: Resources
Team/Lead: Citrus College/District IT/Counseling Faculty Stephanie Gee, Jolie Elman/OER
  • 2020 Financial Aid Chatbot
  • District IT Committee
  • 2022 Master Plan for 2021-2026
  • Top Concerns 2020: “Student retention and completion: Developing the capabilities and systems to incorporate artificial intelligence into student services to provide personalized, timely support.”
  • Holistic student success: Applying technology and data, including artificial intelligence, to understand and address the numerous contributors to student success, from finances to health and wellness to academic performance and degree planning
  • Oct 2023 IT Security Matters
  • Career and Transfer Center, Career Counseling Career Chats Podcast: AI and Future of Work
  • March 2025 OER Team

AI Policies

V2030: Policy
Team/Lead: Citrus College
  • Not yet found. Appears to rely on Student Code of Conduct academic integrity and preventing acts of academic dishonesty denoting faculty-by-faculty role:
  • “Citrus College students are responsible for being honest and ethical for their academic work at all times. Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated.
  • Faculty play a large role in promoting a climate of academic integrity and preventing acts of academic dishonesty by helping students become aware of the standards of conduct and general guidelines covering academic integrity on the course syllabus.”

AI Courses, Tools & Resources

V2030: Resources
Team/Lead: Citrus College

Entities from the knowledge graph

college: Citrus Collegeinitiative: Financial Aid Chatbotinitiative: Career Chats Podcastinitiative: CS 112: Introduction to Python Programminginitiative: CS 140: Java Programmingorganization: District IT Committeeorganization: Career and Transfer Centerorganization: OER Teamperson: Stephanie Geeperson: Jolie Elmanpolicy: Citrus College Master Plan 2021-2026policy: Citrus College Student Code of Conduct

Links & artifacts

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 8
AI Policies · 4
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 1

Contacts at this college

Name / RoleEmailPhone
SG
Stephanie Gee
Counseling Faculty
JE
Jolie Elman
OER