Web Project Update: Feb 26, 2023

TO: John Jay Community Members
FM: Kira Poplowski, Chief Communications Officer
RE: Phase 1 of New Website Scheduled to Launch March 4

We’re pleased to share that Phase 1 of the new website is scheduled to launch on March 4. 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 Phase 1 go-live and project completion a few months later, 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 is scheduled to begin mid-March.

    In the next few weeks, we’ll start meeting with Phase 2 content owners and sharing access to the site and training. 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. 

  1. 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. Please contact me if you'd like some help with content review/creation.

    Content owners can also watch this introduction to the new site and 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.