WCU continues to work with the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) as an extension of work begun as an institutional participant in their Campus Program from 2006-2009. For more information on these programs, check out the links on the commons’s web site at http://www.wcu.edu/7066.asp or at the Carnegie Academy’s site at http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/.

SoTL Leadership Team

The SoTL Leadership Team is the advisory body for WCU's SoTL program. Its members, who serve either in ex officio capacities or for three-year terms, come from the University's faculty, staff and administration. In addition to its advisory responsibilities, the committee will originate institutional level SoTL (and SoTL related) research that highlights the innovative teaching and learning practices taking place across the campus.

Barbara Jo White, Department of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Economics, Chair
Kathleen Brennan, Associate Dean of Graduate School and Research
George Ford, Kimmel School/Construction Management
Joseph Long, College of Business
Kathy Starr, Department of Physical Therapy
Melissa Wargo, Director or Assessment

Myron Coulter, Chancellor Emeritus: Ex Officio
Robert Crow, Instructional Developer, Coulter Faculty Commons: Ex Officio
Laura Cruz, Interim Dirctor/Instructional Developer, Coulter Faculty Commons: Ex Officio
Beth Tyson Lofquist, Associate Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs: Ex Officio

Institutional Carnegie SoTL Advisory Board

The purpose of this committee is to coordinate WCU's involvement with the continuing efforts of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Laura Cruz, Interim Director/Instructional Developer, Coulter Faculty Commons (Chair)
Kathy Starr, Department of Physical Therapy
Barbara Jo White, Department of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Economics