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YOUR GUIDE THROUGH Welcome Week 2019
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019 COMMUTER STUDENT DESSERT & RECEPTION Commuters Only
6:15 – 7:15 p.m. // Skye Lounge
CHECK-IN, REGISTRATION, HOSPITALITY TENT, & SETTLE INTO YOUR ROOM Connect with your fellow commuters over dessert and see if someone from your
9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. // Outside of Old Main neighborhood or your rival high school is also making the daily drive.
You’ve made it to campus! If you are reading this now, congrats on already
dominating your first stop! You’re well on your way to an amazing day. Next up, WELCOME FEST* 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. // Clarke & Memorial Lawns
the moment you’ve been dreaming of: moving in to your room & meeting your Get a jump start on finding your new friend group with an assortment of activities
roommate. including campfires, volleyball, & basketball.
LUNCH 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
Lunch will be $7 for family members. Meal tickets are available at the Check-In
Tent. For students who don’t have a meal plan, we’ve got you covered. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019
OPENING WELCOME 2 – 3 p.m. // Metheny Fieldhouse BREAKFAST* 7 – 8 a.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
Hear from some key members of the Geneva community as we officially welcome It’s the best way to start out the day! Go eat breakfast.
you to campus! Parents and family are welcome to attend.
LEARNING & TRANSITIONS CLASS (SECTIONS 1 - 13)
RECEPTION FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, FACULTY, & STAFF 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. // Challenge Course
3 – 3:30 p.m. // Old Main Tent Rain Location: Back Gym of Metheny Fieldhouse Nothing brings people together like ropes courses and team-building exercises.
Give a hug and maybe even a thank-you to your family and friends. Your journey LEARNING & TRANSITIONS CLASS (SECTIONS 14 - 21)
as a real-life college student is about to begin. 9 – 12 p.m. // Various Locations
MEET YOUR L&T CLASS 3:45 – 5 p.m. // L&T Classroom Check lanyard for classroom L&T INTRODUCTION 9 – 10:15 a.m. // Classroom Locations
Get to know your Learning & Transitions class instructor, student mentors, and Your first college class! Included: Student Success Survey & a crash course in
fellow classmates who will be with you throughout your first semester. Groups are Handshake.
divided by major.
HEALTH & WELLNESS PRESENTATION
PARENT & FAMILY SESSION 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. // Skye Lounge 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. // Skye Lounge
A session designed to provide pertinent information as the transition to college Engage with different topics around your wellbeing.
begins. We know you are exhausted, so we will keep this one short!
CAMPUS TOUR 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. // Skye Lounge
DINNER 5 – 6 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall Locate some of the key spots around campus.
Take time to explore the many food options available to you.
RESIDENCE LIFE MEET & REVIEW 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. // Residence Halls
Meet your RD (Resident Director), RA (Resident Assistant) and floor mates and get
some important information from your Residence Hall staff.
* Feeling worn out? Overtaken by the desire to unpack some of those boxes sitting
in your room? We understand. Activities marked with an asterisk in this booklet are
optional.Logic Puzzle
Jack: Hey, how are you?
GAMES Jill: Not bad, I got married and I have three kids now.
Jack: That’s awesome. How old are they?
Waiting for the next event to start? Want a Jill: The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages
reason to talk to that person over there? is the same as your birth date.
Challenge them to a battle of wits!
Jack: Cool… but I still don’t know.
Jill: My eldest kid just started taking piano lessons.
Jack: Oh, now I get it.
How old are Jill’s kids?
Slitherlink Dots
Join the crosses The goal of the
to create a single game is to be the
continuous loop. player to draw the most
squares.
The loop never crosses
itself and any given Each player takes turns
dot can only have a connecting two dots to
maximum of two lines form a line.
passing through it.
Every time a square is
The numbers indicate formed, the player to
how many of the four complete the square
surrounding sections initials it.
contain a line.
The game is over once
If you are sure a line all possible lines have
cannot join two points, been drawn.
you can place an X
there instead.THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019 (continued) CAMPUS MINISTRY PRESENTS: PRAISE NIGHT*
9 – 11 p.m. // Skye Lounge
LUNCH 12 – 1:15 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
Join in this time of praise with your campus family.
That was a lot of initiatives & learning. Let’s refuel!
Sections 1-13 // The Brigadoon
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019
Sections 14 - 21 // Alexander Dining Hall
BREAKFAST* 7 – 8 a.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
LEARNING & TRANSITIONS CLASS (SECTIONS 14 - 21) Get some fuel for the day ahead!
1 – 4:30 p.m. // Challenge Course
Now it’s your turn for ropes courses and team-building exercises. MAKING THE MOST OF COLLEGE 9 – 11 a.m.
The successful Geneva student is gritty, connected in community, and has a healthy
LEARNING & TRANSITIONS CLASS (SECTIONS 1 - 13)
sense of self.
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. // Various Locations
Sections 1-10 // The Brigadoon
L&T INTRODUCTION 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. // Classroom Locations Sections 11 - 16 // Northwood 013
Your first college class! Included: Student Success Survey & a crash course in
Handshake. Sections 17 - 21 // Skye Lounge
HEALTH & WELLNESS PRESENTATION GOLDEN GAMES 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. // Memorial Lawn
Bring out your competitive spirit as you battle it out for the championship.
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. // Skye Lounge)
Engage with different topics around your wellbeing. LUNCH* 12 – 1:15 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
CAMPUS TOUR 4 – 4:30 p.m. // Skye Lounge Try the salad bar—there’s always something a little different.
Locate some of the key spots around campus.
ADVISOR MEETINGS 1:30 – 3 p.m. // Academic Offices
DINNER* 5 – 6:15 p.m. Meet your advisor and make sure your class schedule is good to go.
Let’s eat!
EXPLORATION OPTIONS* 3 – 5 p.m.
Sections 1-13 // Alexander Dining Hall
Sections 14 - 21 // The Brigadoon POTTERY @ STRAY CAT STUDIO
Meet at Alexander Dining Hall at 2:45 p.m.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL WITH THE DIVERSITY TEAM*
6:30 – 7:15 p.m. // Old Main Tent
ROCK CLIMBING WALL // The Cave (basement of the Student Center,
under the Center for Student Engagement)
Free ice cream. You’re welcome.
LASER TAG ON THE LAWN* 7:30 – 9 p.m. // Memorial Lawn HIKE TO THE G (ON THE HILL) // Meet at the Flag Pole at 3 p.m.
The fun continues with a little healthy competition. VOLLEYBALL & BASKETBALL
Hosted by Young Life // Clarke Hall Courts
BSU WELCOME NIGHT* 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. // Fern Cliff Front Porch
Meet the Black Student Union and learn about how you can join in. COOKING WITH CULTURE // The Brigadoon
COFFEE & CONVERSATION // Skye Loungewelcome to nearby
CHIPPEWA NEW BRIGHTON BEAVER
BEAVER FALLS
This city has a lot to offer when you know where to look!
Aldi
Applebee’s
Eat’n Park
El Paso
Family Video
Foodland
Hank’s Frozen Custard
& Mexican Food
Beaver Bagel
Beaver Valley Mall
Biba
Café Kolache
Giant Eagle Merrick Art Gallery Split Personality
Handel’s Ice Cream YMCA Starbucks
Home Depot Vic’s Oven
Java Hut Waffles, Inc.
Walmart Yama
FUN & SHOPPING
FOOD & DRINK
GROCERIES & GAS
Rails to Trails
op
Oram’s Donut Sh Furniture Bank
Tiger Pause
Beez Cafe g Shoppe
Humane Society Brighton Hot Do Ree’s
China Wok Antique Fruit &
Thrift Store Emporium Center Garden
Riverview Café 18
Wings N Things llege
Dollar Rite Aid
Athens Stray Cat
18
va Co General Fashion Revival Studio
Gene Sunoco McDonald’s Center for
pression
Creative Arts Ex
Giles Country Wendy’s rary
Papa John’s Market Carnegie Free Lib Habitat
Subway ReStore
MS Chicken Sh ack Save -A-Lot
Crazy Thai
18
Pizza Joe’s
Cuisine
Sheetz Chong’s Korean
BFC&TG E N E VA a history Brought to you by the Alumni Relations Office
1848 Geneva Hall is founded in Northwood, Ohio U.S. Army Air Force sends cadets to Geneva 1943
1850 Geneva serves as a stop on the The Foundational Concepts of Christian Education 1967
Underground Railroad are written and adopted by the college
1880 College moves to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Humanities is added as a core requirement 1969
1893 First game of college basketball is played Alexander Hall is built to replace the dining 1971
at Geneva College facility in the lower level of McKee Hall
1925 The ‘G’ on the hill is built and freshmen Route 18 is rerouted so that it no longer 2007
are charged with its upkeep winds through Geneva’s campus
1926 Geneva College claims a victory over A great class of new students begins 2019
football powerhouse Harvard University a new era at Geneva College
1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019 (continued) FILM FEST MOVIES ON THE LAWN*
9 – 10:30 p.m. // Memorial Lawn Rain location in John White Chapel
DINNER* 5 – 6 p.m.
Learn what all the hype is about and watch past films made by students.
Have you checked out the many varieties of pizza yet?
FREE TIME* 6 – 8 p.m.
Your chance to do whatever it is you’ve been wishing you had a spare moment for.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2019
GOLDEN GALA & RECEPTION* 8 – 10 p.m. // John White Chapel (JWC)
Dress your best and get ready to celebrate the week thus far. CHURCH WITH A FRIEND* // Various Times & Locations
Join up with an upperclassman to visit a local church for their Sunday morning
worship service. See the list of local churches, their service times, and sign up at:
www.signupgenius.com/go/805094fadae2fa1f58-church
LUNCH* 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019
Sunday lunch—always a good meal.
BREAKFAST* 8 – 9 a.m. // Alexander Dining Hall DINNER* 5 – 6 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
What’s better than waffles on a Saturday morning? Switch things up. Sit in a booth or at a high-top table.
FREE TIME* 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Sleeping in? Unpacking? Shopping for last minute items? The choice is yours.
LUNCH* 11:30 – 1 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
Check out the dessert selection—it’s large and never disappoints.
GENEVA HISTORY & HEARTBEAT 1 – 1:30 p.m. // Methany Fieldhouse
Learn a bit more about this place you’ll soon be calling home.
DISCOVER BEAVER FALLS 1:30 – 5 p.m. // Metheny Fieldhouse
Let’s get to know your new incredible city: Beaver Falls.
Learning about Connections with City Partners 1:30 – 2 p.m.
Engineer Service Project Engineering Students Only 2 – 5 p.m.
City Tours of Beaver Falls 2 – 5 p.m.
DINNER* 5 – 6 p.m. // Alexander Dining Hall
Ask an upperclassman for tips on how to get creative in Alex’s.
BLOCK PARTY* 7 – 9 p.m. // Memorial Lawn
Carnival games, free food, & friends—you don’t want to miss this night of fun!G E N E VA isms
SD Student Development
Terms and abbreviations
you’ll need to know.
JWC John White Chapel, located in Old Main
CDC Career Development Center MGN My Generation Night
Students perform the music that defines their generation
CSE Center for Student Engagement
Quest Trips Spring Break service-learning trips offered
FYE First Year Experience
through the Center for Student Engagement
L&T Learning and Transition
RD Resident Director: full-time staff member
Every freshman must take this seminar-style course
who oversees a residence hall
IM Intramurals
Flex Points Money in your account (accessed with your ID
SA Student Activities card) that buys snacks & drinks in the Riverview,
Brig, and local places like Papa John’s
Brig Brigadoon, a dining choice for students
Located in the Student Center Upper Room A weekly student-led praise service
Alex’s Alexander Hall, the school cafeteria Crossroads The study abroad and international student office
RP Reformed Presbyterian SSC The Student Success Center provides academic
tutors and supports students with disabilities
Vocation/Calling More than just a job
GA Graduate Assistants: staff members that are
Worldview The lens through which we view the world
in a graduate program and work in offices
Poli Sci Political Science course that every student takes around campus
FCA Fellowship of Christian Athletes ______________ ________________________________________
S&E Science and Engineering Building ______________ ________________________________________
BFCAT (“biffcat”) Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Company ______________ ________________________________________
Coffee shop across the street from Alex’s add your ownwelcome to
G E N E VA
It’s official—you are now a Geneva Dr. Clarke, once said, “Determine
College student! Welcome to the now that your college experience will
Geneva family. We believe that your be both happy and successful. Apply
time here can be life-shaping in infinite yourself wholeheartedly to every aspect
ways. In order to help start you off on of Geneva life. Make Geneva your
the right track, we are kicking off your college.” Know that we are all here
college career with Welcome Week. This for you in the days ahead. Study this
time is designed to connect you to our booklet for more details on Welcome
community, prepare you for all facets Week, and enjoy the ride. For up-to-
of life at Geneva, and help you feel at date information on Welcome Week
ease as you enter into this next chapter of happenings, follow us on Facebook at
your life. (Plus, it’s also an unforgettable @genevaCSE and hashtag your own
experience full of good times!) We hope tweets, instagrams, snaps, and anything
that you dig deep during these next four else with #genevacollege.
days. Ask questions. Meet people.
Be yourself. Sleep well. Reflect
often. And as our fifteenth president,
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