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The Coulter Faculty Commons is excited to offer our expanded Faculty Forward <\/span>Program<\/span> again this Spring! Meetings will be held on select Thursdays from 12:45-1:30 PM.<\/span> Our first meeting will be held Jan 30. I<\/span><\/span>f you are in your <\/span><\/span>1st-3rd year<\/span>s<\/span> at WCU<\/span> and <\/span>you are <\/span>interested<\/span> in joining us,<\/span> please <\/span><\/span>register<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span> <\/span>Read more about <\/span><\/span>Faculty Forward<\/span><\/span><\/a> and\u00a0<\/span>if you have questions, contact Faculty Forward facilitators <\/span><\/span>Dr. April Tallant<\/span><\/span> (<\/span><\/span>atallant@wcu.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a>) <\/span>or <\/span>Dr. Alesia Jennings<\/span>\u00a0(<\/span><\/span>acjennings@wcu.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Coulter Faculty Commons is excited to offer our expanded Faculty Forward Program again this Spring! All faculty members in their 1st-3rd years at WCU are eligible. 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<\/span>All faculty member<\/span>s<\/span> in their 1st-3rd year<\/span>s at WCU<\/span> a<\/span>re eligible.<\/span> <\/span>Faculty Forward is a learning community designed to help new faculty boost their teaching self-efficacy while connecting with their colleagues across campus. Topics for the<\/span> spring<\/span> include <\/span>m<\/span><\/span>ethods of <\/span>i<\/span>nstruction including dynamic lecturing, discussions, and collaborative learning.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n