Inaugural Fowle Scholar-in-Residence Speaks
Rev. Paula Lawrence-Wehmiller, an educator, author, and consultant, addressed the school community during a Chapel program November 7.

Lawrence-Wehmiller, a self-described “sojourner, story-teller, and dream-bearer,” is Mercersburg’s first William C. Fowle Scholar-in-Residence. Her visit is made possible by a gift from the Edward E. Ford ’12 Foundation in memory of Mr. Fowle, the fourth headmaster of Mercersburg (1961 to 1972).

An Episcopal priest, Lawrence-Wehmiller first spoke at Mercersburg in 1993. Prior to her talk, she spent three days on campus the week before learning about the school in a more in-depth manner. She met with groups of students, dined at different tables in the dining hall, and toured the campus. Lawrence-Wehmiller is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Bank Street College of Education in New York City. Her latest book, A Gathering of Gifts, was published in 2002.

Following her Chapel talk, Lawrence-Wehmiller met interested students for lunch and further discussion in the Irvine Lecture Room.