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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Teaching @WCU: A CFC Blog
Academic Integrity at WCU: Key Insights from a Fall 2025 Student Survey
Written by Gabriel Claros and Clemmy Brophy,CFC Student Assistants Academic integrity plays a central role in shaping the learning environment and the long-term value of a degree from Western Carolina University. To better understand how students perceive academic...
Back due to popular demand: AI Forum
Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Teaching & Learning Tuesday, January 27 | 3:30 - 5:00 pm Hunter Library 156 (CFC) or via Zoom You're invited to an open forum for faculty across disciplines to share ideas, challenges, and best practices focused on uses of...
We Recommend: Talk is cheap: why structural assessment changes are needed for a time of GenAI
Rethinking Assignment Design in the Age of GenAI January 2026 Recommended by April Tallant, Director Generative AI is reshaping higher education, and our assessment practices must evolve to keep pace. Many institutions have introduced frameworks like traffic light...