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.
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Our educational developers are here to meet with you for a personalized consultation in person or virtually.
Teaching @WCU: A CFC Blog
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...
Canvas Training: New Course Accessibility Tools in Canvas
Would you like to make your course more available and accessible to your students? The Division of IT, in partnership with the Office of Accessibility Resources and the Office of the Provost, has made a new set of tools available in Canvas to help guide you to make...