{"id":12909,"date":"2026-09-02T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=12909"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:52:00","slug":"welcome-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2026\/09\/02\/welcome-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back to all of our UFV returning students AND to our new ones!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on the first day of the Fall semester at the Abbotsford Campus on <strong>Tuesday, September 8<\/strong>. This is your chance to meet other science students, ask staff and faculty questions, connect with support services, and experience life at UFV before classes even start.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Science Welcome Session<\/strong> will begin at 9:30 AM in the North Gym. At 10:30 AM, head over to the South Gym for the Faculty of Science Fair and get to know the staff and faculty who are here to support you as you begin your academic journey at UFV.<\/p>\n<h3>Don\u2019t forget to put your name in the draw box for a cool Biology Swag Bag!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12911\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/09\/20260902_143441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/09\/20260902_143441.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/09\/20260902_143441-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/09\/20260902_143441-768x355.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait to meet you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/orientation\/day-one\/\">https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/orientation\/day-one\/ <\/a>for more information and to register.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/biology\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12915 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/09\/UFV-Bio-Rebrand-2-300x108.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on the first day of the Fall semester at the Abbotsford Campus on Tuesday, September 8. This is your chance to meet other science students, ask staff and faculty questions, connect with support services, and experience life at UFV before classes even start. The Science Welcome Session will begin at 9:30 AM in &#8230; <a title=\"Welcome back to all of our UFV returning students AND to our new ones!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2026\/09\/02\/welcome-back\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":12910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[500],"class_list":["post-12909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-deans-office","tag-day-1-orientation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12909"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12918,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12909\/revisions\/12918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}