{"id":592,"date":"2023-08-10T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:53:36","slug":"welcome-to-calm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to CALM!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"204\" data-attachment-id=\"176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/grant-recipients\/calm_banner_fin-02_blue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/CALM_banner_fin-02_blue.jpg?fit=940%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,204\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CALM_banner_fin-02_blue\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/CALM_banner_fin-02_blue.jpg?fit=940%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/CALM_banner_fin-02_blue.jpg?resize=940%2C204&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CALM logo\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/CALM_banner_fin-02_blue.jpg?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/CALM_banner_fin-02_blue.jpg?resize=300%2C65&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/CALM_banner_fin-02_blue.jpg?resize=768%2C167&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is CALM?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CALM is a collection of faculty, staff, and administrators who are working to help bring Low-Cost and Zero-Cost options for your textbooks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 2026 Office Hours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop by to ask questions or just say hi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuesdays: 1:00pm &#8211; 1:50pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursdays: 10:00am &#8211; 10:50am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>in MD-150 and\/or on <a href=\"https:\/\/palomar-edu.zoom.us\/j\/773647788\">Zoom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CALM is saving our students money!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2017, the CALM initiative has saved our student a whopping <strong><mark style=\"color:#cf2d2d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">$14,202,000<\/mark><\/strong>&nbsp;and counting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This website provides information about our <strong>zero cost<\/strong> and <strong>low cost<\/strong> textbook initiatives for students, faculty and supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in learning more about what CALM means for you and your classes (and more importantly, saving money!)? Visit our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/students\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"609\">Student Page<\/a><\/strong> to learn more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to find free and low-cost resources to use in your class? Interested in developing free and low-cost materials yourself? Visit our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"602\">Faculty Page<\/a><\/strong> to learn how!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a faculty member submitting your textbook adoptions, please use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/textbook-adoption-form\/\"><em><strong>Textbook Adoption Form<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supporters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to help grow our impact and help our students receive an affordable education? Please visit our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/supporters\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"622\">Supporters Page<\/a><\/strong> for more information on how you can help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is CALM? CALM is a collection of faculty, staff, and administrators who are working to help bring Low-Cost and Zero-Cost options for your textbooks! Spring 2026 Office Hours Drop by to ask questions or just say hi. in MD-150 and\/or on Zoom CALM is saving our students money! Since 2017, the CALM initiative has&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/\">Continue Reading<span> Welcome to CALM!<\/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-592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8i4rI-9y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/calm\/home\/","url_meta":{"origin":592,"position":0},"title":"CALM Homepage","author":"Zavodny, Anastasia T.","date":"January 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Welcome to CALM! This website provides information about our zero cost and low cost textbook initiatives for both students and faculty. 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