Coulter Faculty Commons
Your Partner in Teaching & LearningThe Coulter Faculty Commons (CFC) advances excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship by partnering with the Western Carolina University community through collaboration, creation, and celebration.
We partner with all instructors, staff who teach, and graduate student assistants.
Consultations
Our educational developers are here to meet with you for a personalized consultation in person or virtually.
Teaching @WCU: A CFC Blog
Everyday Academic Integrity: Virtual Events for Educators
The International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) seeks to cultivate cultures of integrity in academic communities throughout the world. If you are interested in connecting and learning about academic integrity from other higher education professionals and...
CFC Announces New Universal Design for Learning Course
We're excited to introduce our upcoming course on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), an approach that expands how we think about creating a barrier-free classroom and beyond. Universal Design (UD) centers on a simple yet powerful concept: creating products and...
We Recommend: Teach Students How To Learn
The Science of Learning Meets the Art of Teaching October 2025 Recommended by Anabel Livengood, Senior Educational Developer One book that I keep going back to and have been recommending to faculty for years is Saundra McGuire’s Teach Students How To Learn. My copy...