Coulter Faculty Commons
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Dr. Katie Searles to Speak at WCU
The Haire Institute for Public Policy is pleased to sponsor a guest speaker on April 6, 2026. Dr. Katie Searles, Olin Johnson Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina, will facilitate events throughout the day, including a session...
The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good: A Call for an Early Start in Undergraduate Research
By CFC Faculty Fellow Chad Hallyburton, Environmental Health Sciences I absolutely hated high school. As an undergraduate student, I spent some semesters just “phoning it in.” But when I arrived at WCU as a graduate student, the creativity and independence of...
We Recommend – Capture your Students’ Attention with Lessons Learned from JMU’s Faculty Lounge Podcast
April 2026 Recommended by April Tallant, CFC Director I am a big fan of podcasts. Most of the podcasts I listen to are for leisure, providing me with an escape from everyday reality. In my experience, podcasts about academia have been hit or miss – until...