{"id":371,"date":"2020-02-10T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T20:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:47:38","slug":"calm-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/calm-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"CALM Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The CALM Taskforce transitioned into the CALM Committee March 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current information on the role and structure of the CALM Committee may be found in our governance structure form<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meeting Schedule<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1st and 3rd academic Mondays, from 4:00 – 5:30pm and as needed or called<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting Location:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EDGE H-112 & Zoom: https:\/\/palomar-edu.zoom.us\/j\/773647788<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All committee meetings are open to the public. Should you wish to have an item placed on the agenda, please reach out to the Committee Chairs. Agendas for regular meetings are posted 72 hours in advance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Current Membership (2025)<\/h2>\nMembership for the CALM Committee, Fall 2025.<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Co-Chair<\/td>Anastasia Zavodny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Co-Chair<\/td>William Carrasco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dean, Instruction<\/td>Diane Studinka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, AMBA ('25-'27)<\/td>Erin Hiro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, Counseling ('25-'27)<\/td>(vacant)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, CTEE ('25-'27)<\/td>Alyssa Vafaei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, L&L ('24-'26)<\/td>Elisha Rainwaters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, MSE ('24-'26)<\/td>Mohammed Elmatary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, SBS ('24-26)<\/td>Ken McMullen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, At-Large ('25-'27)<\/td>Timothy Stamnitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty, At-Large ('24-'26)<\/td>William Carrasco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Member, Distance Education Committee<\/td>Barbara Hammons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASG Representative<\/td>(vacant)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Library Representative<\/td>Alexandra Doyle Bauer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DRC Representative<\/td>Sara Baker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Agendas and Minutes (2025 – 2026)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Looking for previous years’ agendas and minutes? Visit our Archived Agendas and Minutes page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The CALM Taskforce transitioned into the CALM Committee March 2019. Current information on the role and structure of the CALM Committee may be found in our governance structure form.   Meeting Schedule: 1st and 3rd academic Mondays, from 4:00 – 5:30pm and as needed or called Meeting Location: EDGE H-112 & Zoom: https:\/\/palomar-edu.zoom.us\/j\/773647788 All committee… Continue Reading CALM Committee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10234,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-371","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8i4rI-5Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/calm-taskforce\/","url_meta":{"origin":371,"position":0},"title":"CALM Taskforce","author":"Falcone, Kelly","date":"January 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The CALM Taskforce is led by April Cunningham and Kelly Falcone. 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