{"id":1001,"date":"2018-04-20T22:29:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T22:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2020-04-15T05:01:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T05:01:37","slug":"genesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/student-traditions\/genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The summer registration day, now called Genesis, &nbsp;was designed to introduce new undergrad students into college life. &nbsp;Genesis commemorates the starting point for years ahead for new students in the George Fox community. This day students came to the campus to meet professors, &nbsp;enroll in classes, and meet fellow students planning to attend in the fall. Genesis is the first opportunity in which the students start to create memories and get a taste of what it is to come as a college student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FUN FACTS ABOUT GENESIS:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2004 registration day was called for the first time Genesis <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genesis emphasizes a new beginning <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genesis is officially the day in which Freshmen start to adapt to the campus life <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many students attending Genesis, Freshman residents living on campus will house the Genesis students overnight. This overnight sleepover also helps introduce new students into dorm life. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Genesis dates, there are usually different activities taking place&nbsp;across campus such as theatre productions, special chapels, and sporting events.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t31.0-8\/19787221_10155278112980470_2689800395784094267_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeHBXuq8T7LWh0KQB_mJU-v0mhrqeLN41f7cEBErXjez6diysz02K8ddRHuEH-f2BqN_3gY02rc1VvlRf3S2Sf8QMZQ8ZbhHkm1b4nG9Im2cnw&amp;oh=297f40239bc56793f21dd27e0e675dd4&amp;oe=5B6C9930\" alt=\"Image may contain: 15 people, people smiling, shoes, tree, child and outdoor\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Genesis 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer registration day, now called Genesis, &nbsp;was designed to introduce new undergrad students into college life. &nbsp;Genesis commemorates the starting point for years ahead for new students in the George Fox community. This day students came to the campus to meet professors, &nbsp;enroll in classes, and meet fellow students planning to attend in the&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/student-traditions\/genesis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Genesis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1001","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions\/1752"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}