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.
We are here to help
Consultations
Meet with us for custom support
Accessibility
Find resources to support your students
Teaching Analysis Polls - TAPs
CFC’s Mid-Semester Feedback Program
New Faculty Orientation
Support for navigating your first year at WCU
Faculty Forward
Faculty Learning Community
SoTL
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Teaching@WCU
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.
Increasing Student Engagement With Regular and Substantive Interaction
How many days do you log into Canvas and interact with the students? How quickly do you give helpful feedback on activities and assessments? Do you set your students' expectations by including an email/discussion response statement in your syllabus? Why do we pose...
Questions about WCU IRB? We Are Here to Help!
Guest Blogger: Dr. Mallory Ball, Director, Research Compliance & Integrity If you are interested in research, it is likely you have heard about the IRB. The acronym “IRB” stands for "Institutional Review Board” and is a committee established to review and approve...
5 Ways to Manage Burnout
No matter your status -- staff, faculty, or student -- if you work and you are human, you are at risk for burnout. The World Health Organization defines burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully...
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Coulter Faculty Commons
172 Hunter Library
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828.227.7196
cfc@wcu.edu