Custom Full Width Widgetized Page Template in Genesis using Column Classes, Equal Heights jQuery and RSS Widgets. https://sridharkatakam.com/custom-full-width-widgetized-page-in-genesis-using-column-classes-equal-heights-jquery-and-rss-widgets/

equal-heights.js

jQuery(function( $ ){

	// equal heights
	function equalHeights() {
		var $col = $('.news-section > .wrap > div'),
			maxHeight = [],
			rows = [],
			rowTop = 0,
			rowIndex = 0;

		$col.each(function() {
			$el = $(this);
			$el.css('height', '');
			if ($el.offset().top > rowTop) {
				rowIndex++;
				rows[rowIndex] = [];
				rowTop = $el.offset().top;
				maxHeight[rowIndex] = 0;
			}
			if ($el.height() > maxHeight[rowIndex]) {
				maxHeight[rowIndex] = $el.height();
			}
			rows[rowIndex].push($el);
		});
		for (row = 1; row <= rowIndex; row++) {
				for (i = 0; i <= rows[row].length; i++) {
					$(rows[row][i]).height(maxHeight[row]);
				}
			}
	}
	$(window).on('resize load', equalHeights);

});

functions.php

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'news-ambition',
	'name'        => __( 'News Ambition', 'minimum' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the Ambition News widget area.', 'minimum' ),
	) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'news-accountability',
	'name'        => __( 'News AccountAbility', 'minimum' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the AccountAbility News widget area.', 'minimum' ),
	) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'news-watermark',
	'name'        => __( 'News Watermark', 'minimum' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the Watermark News widget area.', 'minimum' ),
	) );

gistfile1.php

wp_enqueue_script( 'equal-heights',  get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/equal-heights.js', array( 'jquery' ), '', true );

gistfile2.css

.news-section .wrap .one-third {
	position: relative;
}

.news-section .wrap .one-third img {
	position: absolute;
	top: 50%;
	left: 50%;
	-webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
	-moz-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
	-ms-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
	-o-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
	transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

page-news.php

<?php

add_filter( 'genesis_attr_site-inner', 'sk_attributes_site_inner' );
/**
 * Add attributes for site-inner element.
 *
 * @since 2.0.0
 *
 * @param array $attributes Existing attributes.
 *
 * @return array Amended attributes.
 */
function sk_attributes_site_inner( $attributes ) {

	$attributes['role']     = 'main';
	$attributes['itemprop'] = 'mainContentOfPage';

	return $attributes;

}

// Remove div.site-inner's div.wrap
add_filter( 'genesis_structural_wrap-site-inner', '__return_empty_string' );

get_header();

// Display featured image above content
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
	echo '<div class="page-thumbnail">';
		genesis_image( array( 'size' => 'page-thumbnail' ) );
	echo '</div>';
}

// Content
// Ambition News Section
echo '<section class="news-section clearfix" id="ambition-section"><div class="wrap">';
	echo '<div class="one-third first"><img src="http://ambition.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ambition-logo.png" /></div>';
	echo '<div class="two-thirds">';
		genesis_widget_area( 'news-ambition', array(
			'before'	=> '<div class="news-ambition widget-area">',
			'after'		=> '</div>',
		) );
	echo '</div>';
echo '</div></section>';

// AccountAbility News Section
echo '<section class="news-section clearfix" id="accountability-section"><div class="wrap">';
	echo '<div class="one-third first"><img src="http://ambition.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/accountability-logo.png" /></div>';
	echo '<div class="two-thirds">';
		genesis_widget_area( 'news-accountability', array(
			'before'	=> '<div class="news-accountability widget-area">',
			'after'		=> '</div>',
		) );
	echo '</div>';
echo '</div></section>';

// Watermark News Section
echo '<section class="news-section clearfix" id="watermark-section"><div class="wrap">';
	echo '<div class="one-third first"><img src="http://ambition.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/watermark-logo.png" /></div>';
	echo '<div class="two-thirds">';
		genesis_widget_area( 'news-watermark', array(
			'before'	=> '<div class="news-watermark widget-area">',
			'after'		=> '</div>',
		) );
	echo '</div>';
echo '</div></section>';

get_footer();

style.css

/* News */

#ambition-section {
	padding-top: 0;
	padding-bottom: 40px;
}

#accountability-section {
	background: #f2f2f2;
	padding-top: 80px;
	padding-bottom: 40px;
}

#watermark-section {
	padding-top: 80px;
	padding-bottom: 80px;
}

.widget_rss .widget-title {
	display: none;
}

.widget_rss ul {
	margin-left: 0;
}

.widget_rss ul > li:before {
	content: none;
}

.widget_rss ul > li {
	float: left;
	width: 45.0066577896%;
	margin-left: 9.9866844208%;
	margin-bottom: 45px;
}

.widget_rss ul > li:nth-of-type(2n+1) {
	margin-left: 0;
	clear: left;
}

a.rsswidget {
	font-family: 'Arvo', serif;
	font-size: 24px;
	line-height: 1;
}

.rss-date {
	display: block;
	margin-top: 4px;
	color: #b9b9b9;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}