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Fall 2025
New Student Orientation (NSO)

New Student Orientation (NSO) is an opportunity for new incoming students to become more familiar with campus resources and make connections with current students, faculty, and staff before starting their first semester at John Jay. 

Graduate: August TBA, 2025

First-Year: August TBA, 2025

Transfer: August TBA, 2025

International: August TBA, 2025

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Join our
Parent & Family Programs

Parents & family are important members of the College community! Find out how to get involved.

Faculty at New Student Convocation
Celebrate with us at
New Student Convocation

New Student Convocation is a formal induction into the college community hosted at the beginning of the fall semester. Our fall 2025 date is TBA. Check our website and your John Jay student email for updates.

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Participate in
Weeks of Welcome

Weeks of Welcome (WOW) happen at the beginning of the fall and spring semester to welcome you to John Jay and highlight student resources and activities. Some past events include Welcome Bash, brunch with Student Council, resource fair with various offices and departments, involvement fair with various student clubs and organizations, and more.

Spring 2024 Orientation Leader team
STP
Student Employment Opportunities

There are four student employment opportunities within the Office of Student Transition Programs that are both seasonal and for the academic year depending on availability. These opportunities will: 

  • Foster professional & personal development & encourage students to create leadership identities
  • Develop students into stronger leaders who educate for justice on campus and beyond
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Celebrate at
Commencement

At the end of the academic year, we will honor graduates at an afternoon commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at Barclays Center!

Contact Student Transition Program

Room L.69NB
524 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019 
P: 646.557.4888
E: orientation@jjay.cuny.edu
E: graduation@jjay.cuny.edu
E: parentsandfamilies@jjay.cuny.edu
 

Student Transition Programs

The Office of Student Transition Programs (STP) designs engaging, student-focused experiences that support purposeful transitions and provide students and their families with essential resources, guidance, and peer connections. 

These experiences include, but are not limited to, New Student Orientation, Weeks of Welcome, Convocation, and Commencement events.

Key transitions—such as incoming first-year, transfer, international, and graduate student experiences, as well as commencement-related events—serve as critical milestones in the educational journey, offering valuable opportunities for student learning and development.