... a free, weekly e-zine from The Mennonite. Swartzendruber receives last-minute ticket to Nobel Peace Prize ceremony By Anna Groff In mid-October, Loren Swartzendruber, Eastern Mennonite University president, hoped he and some other EMU representatives could attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo to observe EMU alumna Leymah Gwobee receive her honor. However, he soon found out that tickets were extremely limited ... Read more ... Nobel Peace Prize awardee Leymah Gwobee (right) and Loren Swartzendruber at a press conference on Oct. 15. Photo by Jon Styer. Larry Miller reflects on 22 years at the helm of MWC By Phyllis Pellman Good Larry Miller remembers one moment clearly when, as a 38-year-old, he was weighing whether or not to accept the nomination to lead Mennonite World Conference. The year was 1988, 23 years ago, and he was sitting in a university library in Strasbourg, France, where he lived ... Read more ... At the 2011 MWC Executive Committee meetings, Cisca Mawangu Ibanda of Congo presented carved animals to César García (right) and Larry Miller. The animals represent qualities important for their service to MWC. Photo by Merle Good. Move to new Elkhart building set for Dec. 19-21  From Mennonite Church USA The new Mennonite Church USA office building at 3145 Benham Avenue in Elkhart, Ind., is nearing completion. The new facility, located just south of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, will provide workspace and meeting rooms for multiple Mennonite Church USA organizations, including Executive Board staff, Mennonite Mission Network, Mennonite Education Agency, MennoMedia and The Mennonite. Most staff members are planning to move into the building Dec. 19-21 ... Read more ... College Corner: Explore the Bible via sailing in the Mediterranean  By Laura Lehman Amstutz of Eastern Mennonite Seminary Linford Stutzman, professor of mission at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Va., will lead a cross-cultural program via boat around the eastern Mediterranean in May 2012. The group will explore Athens, Ephesus, Corinth and many other sites of New Testament churches, usually traveling as the apostle Paul did in the Book of Acts ... Read more ... Students from the 2011 Christian Movement in the Mediterranean sail out of a small port in Greece. Photo by Alana Amunrud.