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
Engaging Students Through Course-Based Research & Creative Inquiry
As instructors, we make pedagogical choices with the understanding that we may never see the full impact those choices have on students’ learning and growth. One exception I’ve found especially rewarding is integrating undergraduate research as a pedagogical strategy....
CFC November Workshops
November Workshop Line-Up Is Here! We’re excited to share our November workshop schedule, designed to help you make the most of your teaching tools before the end of the semester. This month, we’re rotating three focused sessions: Canvas Grading Tools (Intermediate) –...
We Recommend: Snafu Edu
How to bounce back from teaching disasters? Snafu Edu might just have the answer November 2025 Recommended by Anabel Livengood, Senior Educational Developer Picture this: you, a dynamic college professor, lecturing animatedly and effortlessly in a lecture hall filled...