Join us for ETLE 2025!

by Anabel Livengood | Aug 4, 2025 | Blog, Event, Faculty Development Workshop, Pedagogy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning

ETLE 2025: A Celebration of Excellence in Teaching and Learning

The Coulter Faculty Commons invites the WCU campus community to join us for our annual Excellence in Teaching & Learning Event (ETLE) – a two-day celebration of innovative and impactful teaching practices.

ETLE 2025 will feature a dynamic lineup of workshops, presentations, and opportunities to connect with colleagues who care deeply about student success. This year, we are especially thrilled to welcome Dr. Liz Norell – widely known as The Present Professor – as our invited speaker. Dr. Norell serves as the Associate Director of Instructional Support at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Mississippi.

Flyer for the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Event 2025, including information about the speaking times and titles

In addition to delivering the ETLE keynote and a featured workshop, based on her recent book, The Present Professor – Authenticity and Transformational Teaching, Dr. Norell will lead a special pre-ETLE workshop entitled “When and Why do Students Read for Class?”

Her work centers on the power of showing up fully – with honesty, heart, and presence – in the classroom and beyond.

Whether you’re looking for fresh inspiration or eager to share your own experiences,
ETLE 2025 is for you!

Explore session descriptions and register now on the ETLE 2025 website.

Call for Interest: Hurricane Helene Symposium Fall 2025

by April Tallant | Apr 21, 2025 | Blog, Discussions, Event, Feedback, Professional Development

Are you interested in a Learning Symposium to mark one year since Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact and to exchange knowledge across disciplines regarding the service, research, and teaching response of our faculty, staff, and students?

The Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning is assessing interest in a potential university-wide event to do that next fall. Please indicate your interest by completing a brief form (< 2 minutes) no later than Friday, May 2.

There is no commitment required at this time. If there is enough interest, the information that you provide will help us to plan the event. Please contact Joy Mischley, Director, Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning, for more information at jmischley@wcu.edu.

Call for Proposals – SITL 2025

by Anabel Livengood | Mar 6, 2025 | Blog, Event, Professional Development, Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning (SITL)

Submit your Proposal for SITL 2025

The Coulter Faculty Commons invites faculty to submit a proposal for a dynamic presentation, panel, hands-on workshop, or short story session for their annual 2-day institute.

The Call for Proposals for the 2025 Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning is now open! The theme for this year’s institute is Renaissance of Teaching: A Summer Faire of Ideas, Innovation, and Inspiration and will be held May 14 & May 15.

Find detailed information, including a description of the conference tracks and proposal guidelines, on the 2025 SITL CfP website. Proposals will be accepted until the submission deadline on April 1, and presenters will be notified by April 15.

Call for Proposals flyer for the 2025 Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning of the Coulter Faculty Commons.

Save the Date! Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning (SITL) 2025

by Anabel Livengood | Feb 3, 2025 | Blog, Event, Professional Development, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning (SITL)

Mark your calendars for the 2025 Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning!

The theme for this year’s institute is Renaissance of Teaching: A Summer Faire of Ideas, Innovation, and Inspiration. The event will be held May 14 & May 15.

Call for proposals will open in March, proposals will be accepted until the submission deadline on April 1, and presenters will be notified by April 15.

Save the date flyer for Coulter Faculty Common's Summer Institute for Teaching & Learning on May 14 & 15.

CFC Open House

by Anabel Livengood | Jan 16, 2025 | Blog, Event, University Support

You’re Invited to Our Open House!

Join WCU’s teaching center on Wednesday, Feb 12, from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm for a relaxed and engaging Open House at the Coulter Faculty Commons (CFC)!

This is your opportunity to:

Connect with colleagues from across campus.
Meet our team and discover how we can support your work.
Explore interactive stations featuring trivia and practical active learning ideas to take with you.

Refreshments will be provided. Drop by, say hello, and leave with inspiration for your teaching and connections to enrich your work.

You can find us on the first floor of Hunter Library.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Flyer for Coulter Faculty Common's Open House on Wednesday February 12.

ETLE – Spring 2025

by Anabel Livengood | Jan 15, 2025 | AI, Blog, Event

Join our Excellence in Teaching & Learning Event (ETLE) focused on AI this February!

Our Excellence in Teaching & Learning Event (ETLE) that was originally planned for October 2024 will now be held on Friday, February 28. We have partnered with the Hunter Library to bring in two external experts on AI as speakers, Tony Elkins and William Duffy.

Blue Ridge Conference Center (Blue Ridge 108A) from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm.

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 am	Welcome
9:30 – 10:30 am	Tony Elkins Ethics of AI Students are invited to this session
10:45 – 11:45 am	Will Duffy Inductive, Inclusive, Iterative: Developing AI Literacy in Practice
12:30 – 1:45 pm	AI Faculty Panel
1:55 – 3:30 pm	Workshop: Using AI in your teaching

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Tony Elkins, a citizen of the Comanche Nation, is a faculty member at Poynter. His portfolio includes Poynter’s early and mid-career leadership workshops Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders and the Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media. He is a founding member of the News Product Alliance and has an extensive product and project management background. He is one of Poynter’s generative AI experts, specializing in ethics, use cases and effects of visual AI models. Elkins is the co-author of Poynter’s AI Ethics Handbook. He will speak about the ethics of AI.

William Duffy is a Professor of English at the University of Memphis where he is Director of Graduate Studies and teaches in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication program. He will share insights from his current research on teaching with AI and will conduct a hands-on workshop where you can bring an assignment or assessment to modify.