{"id":35448,"date":"2024-05-13T14:16:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/?page_id=35448"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:58:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-16d6d0ca\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5210-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5210-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5210-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5210-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5210-1536x964.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5210-2048x1285.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lounge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5216-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5216-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5216-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5216-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5216-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5216-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Breezeway <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5211-1024x355.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5211-1024x355.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5211-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5211-768x266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5211-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/12\/IMG_5211-2048x710.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Full kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The EWU Faculty Commons is a visionary approach to faculty support. Opened in March 2016 the renovated Governor Martin House creates spaces for faculty collaboration, brings together faculty support offices, and provides opportunities for faculty to learn and work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This dynamic environment is designed to be a meeting place and hub for faculty to discuss issues and strategies critical to teaching and learning, cultural competency, scholarship and creative activity, and professional development. A comfortable venue for small group gatherings, workshops and brainstorming activities, the Faculty Commons is a welcoming and convenient location for EWU faculty to hone their skills and develop valuable relationships with their peers throughout the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-1bd37629\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-9905e4ce\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9905e4ce\">\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d2696.057407836512!2d-117.579758!3d47.488795!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x549e389ee122a2ff%3A0x890f4e7348e3d25a!2s506%20F%20St%2C%20Cheney%2C%20WA%2099004!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1712343823727!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-fef8e31a\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fef8e31a\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Address<\/strong><br>Faculty Commons<br>506 F Street<br>Cheney, WA 99004<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director of the Faculty Commons<\/strong><br>Cindy Nover<br><a href=\"cnover@ewu.edu\">cnover@ewu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ext. 6308<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Administrative Support<\/strong><br>Kristen Galland<br><a href=\"mailto:kgalland1@ewu.edu\">kgalland1@ewu.edu<\/a><br><a href=\"mailto:facultycommons@ewu.edu\">facultycommons@ewu.edu<\/a><br>Ext. 4322<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The EWU Faculty Commons is a visionary approach to faculty support. Opened in March 2016 the renovated Governor Martin House creates spaces for faculty collaboration, brings together faculty support offices, and provides opportunities for faculty to learn and work together. 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