10-3-25: John Jay News October 2025

John Jay News gets a glow-up! We’re refreshing John Jay News in response to calls for more robust internal communications. This edition includes topics you’ve highlighted and we’ll refine the content based on your feedback.

Campus Updates

The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to share its calendar of professional development opportunities for faculty, focusing on AI, effective pedagogies, career-connected learning, Brightspace & EAB and writing boot camps. Questions? Email Angela Crossman.

Benefits Fair: Find info on medical & dental benefits, retirement plans, voluntary savings plans & more on October 22 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Student Dining Hall. Questions? Email askhr@jjay.cuny.edu.

Campus dining: Campus Eats is the new temporary campus food service provider. During the fall ’25 semester, the college will conduct a search for a permanent food service provider. Questions? Email Mark Flower.

Center for Cybercrime Studies:Professor Marie-Helen Maras, Ph.D.,director of the Center, served on a panelat a United Nations (UN) high-level week side event in New York City on the UN Convention Against Cybercrime, jointly organized by the Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the UN and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

Department of Psychology:

We welcome Evan Auguste, Ph.D., assistant professor. A clinical and forensic psychologist, Auguste’s work is reshaping the field through a transformative lens of Black liberation psychology, community healing and critical justice reform.

Department of Security, Fire & Emergency Management faculty members and the College Council voted to officially close the department. The Security Management, Homeland Security & Cybercrime programs/faculty joined the Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice. The Emergency Management programs/faculty joined the Department of Public Management. Questions? Email provost@jjay.cuny.edu.

John Jay job listings include open faculty, executive, managerial and professional, IT, support, part-time & civil service eligible positions.

Questions? Email askhr@jjay.cuny.edu.

Office of Legal Counsel: As we continue our search for a new Chief Diversity Officer, we are pleased to share that Arlene Peterson has joined us on an interim basis to provide support and respond to matters addressed to the Office of Compliance & Diversity. We encourage you to submit your reports and/or concerns to CDO@jjay.cuny.edu. Arlene Peterson, Henry Cruz or Myrna Forney will review and respond accordingly to ensure continued attention to these important matters. Thank you for your continued engagement and support.

John Jay Raffle Enter to Win

Congratulations to Professor Rosemary Barberet, who won the September raffle for a John Jay backpack!

This month’s raffle is for a John Jay bucket hat & bloodhound plush, sponsored by Academic Affairs. The first John Jay faculty or staff member to email marketing@jjay.cuny.edu with “October raffle” in the subject line wins!

 

 

 

 

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