Web Project Update: March 6, 2023

To: The John Jay College Community
Re: New Website: Phase 1 Launched & Phase 2 Begins

We’re pleased to share that Phase 1 of the new website launched on March 4, as scheduled. Phase 1
includes the Homepage, About Us, Admissions, Advancement and News & Events.

We’re launching the new site in phases to make the project more manageable [our site has 8,000+ pages].
Phase 2 [Academic & Student Affairs] is scheduled to go live at the end of May and Phase 3 [everything else]
at the end of July.

Between now and project completion in a few months, the site may seem disjointed and be frustrating to use. Issues may also arise, which is normal for a project like this. We sincerely appreciate your patience.

Here are some additional updates from the project team:

1. The project continues to track to goal; all five project indicators [overall status, risk, budget, schedule
and scope] are green. [See the dashboard for details.]

2. Phase 2 [Academic & Student Affairs] front end development and content migration begins.
We started migrating Phase 2 content, and we’ll start meeting with Phase 2 content owners and sharing
training soon. Once Phase 2 content has been migrated to the new site, we’ll let content owners know it’s ready
to review. We’ll also work with project liaisons to establish timelines. Work on Phase 3 is scheduled to begin in late May/early June.

3. To prepare for Phase 2 & 3 content review/creation, content owners can review current content and
assess what to update, adapt or delete, and what new content to create. They can also review Phase 1 pages for
ideas on how to organize and layout their content. Please contact me if you'd like some help with content
review/creation.

Content owners can also check out other resources on the project page, including content development guidelines and sample templates. Additional training videos will be added soon and Anh Phan, Mandy Meng and I are always available to assist.

We’ll continue to share project updates periodically via email and regularly via the project
page. Please email me with your questions.

Thank you,
Kira Poplowski
Chief Communications Officer