The 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 members of the WCU teaching and learning community.
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SoTL
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
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In case you missed the last news from the CFC, find the most recent posts below. To catch up with all communications, vists the CFC News page or check out the CFC Newsletter Archive.
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...
SoTL Scholar Feature: Geraldine Riouff
The SoTL Scholar Feature highlights the work of WCU faculty participating in the SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Academy, a program sponsored by the Coulter Faculty Commons. Our current SoTL Scholar Feature focuses on Geraldine Riouff, a faculty member...
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Coulter Faculty Commons
172 Hunter Library
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828.227.7196
cfc@wcu.edu