New Website Project

Updates

Most Recent Update

Dt: August 30, 2023
To: John Jay Community Members
Fm: Kira Poplowski, Chief Communications Officer
Re: Wrapping Up & Moving Forward: Old Website Goes Offline Nov 1

Websites are never finished. We’re wrapping up an important part of the website project and have more to do moving forward. Here are some project updates:

  • Content migration from the old site to the new site was completed in early July and all content owners could review and edit their pages. 
     
  • All front-end development specified in our contract with the vendor was completed on August 15.
     
  • The old site will go offline on November 1. Pages that are not incorporated into the new site by November 1 will not be available on either the old or new site. 
     
  • The deadline for incorporating all pages into the new site was mid-August and some sections are incomplete. It’s exceptionally challenging for current and prospective students to find information across two separate sites. Please contact me if you need assistance and/or you can find training videos, a user guide and more here. 
     
  • Our upcoming work includes refining content, developing new content, continuing search engine optimization, improving the user experience and more.

Please send me your questions. Thank you!

Previous Updates

June 1, 2023
April 27, 2023
March 23, 2023
March 6, 2023
Feb 26, 2023
Feb 8, 2023
Dec 14, 2022
Nov 27, 2022

Status Reports
Website Redesign Project Status Update August 31

Resources

Orientation Sessions
Training Videos & User Guide
Content Development Guidelines
Sample Templates
Project Timeline
Site Inventory 
Site Analytics
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2021-2022 

Project Team

LeeEllen Carroll, Content Strategist, Opin
Laura DeVries, Creative Director, John Jay
Bryan Gruneberg, Opin 
Chandeep Khosa, Opin
Alex Lukasevych, Director of Managed Services, Opin 
Gareth McWilliams, Opin
Mandy Meng, Web Developer, John Jay
Hardik Patel, Senior Developer, Opin
Anh Phan, Web Assistant, John Jay
Kathleen Pluzak, Project Lead, Opin
Kira Poplowski, Chief Communications Officer, John Jay
Ashley Rosecrans, Senior Web Developer, Opin 
Adrian Rylski, Senior Product Owner, Opin
Elaine Scovill, Project Manager, Opin 

Project Liaisons

Project liaisons organize reviewing the content on the pages “owned” by each unit/department, finalize what current content should stay the same, be updated or be deleted, capture what new content needs to be created, manage implementation, ensure deadlines are met and serve as a liaison between units/departments and the project team. Liaisons can organize this process in whatever way makes the most sense for their unit/department.

Unit/Department Project Liason
Phase I
Admissions Sulema Ebrahim, Daniel Matosv
Advancement Kevin Fish
About Us Kira Poplowski
Events Kira Poplowski
Homepage Kira Poplowski
News Kira Poplowski
Phase II
Academic Affairs Nancy Velasquez-Torres
Student Life Sulema Ebrahim, Rachel Brown
Business & Finance Alena Ryjov
Phase III
Research Daniel Stageman, Remmy Behati
Future of Public Safety Rebecca Atkinson
Academic Resources
Honors
International Students
Academic Services

Contact Info

Please email Kira Poplowski, chief communications officer, with thoughts or questions about the project at kpoplowski@jjay.cuny.edu.