About Inside Montclair

Inside Montclair provides a dedicated space for students, employees and the general public to find the deep, operational content they need day-to-day. From registration instructions to public events, the website gives departments the autonomy to manage their detailed information without diluting the primary recruitment message now served on montclair.edu.

Why Does This Site Exist?

The previous single-site model forced every department to speak to all audiences simultaneously—prospective students, current students, faculty, alumni, and the public. The new dual-platform model separates these concerns to achieve clear business goals. 

By separating concerns, this new structure provides two major benefits: 

First, it allows the university to present a more polished, professional, and compelling "front door" on montclair.edu, strengthening our brand image for prospective students.

Second, it dramatically improves the user experience for our internal audiences by organizing practical information logically around user tasks and needs, rather than forcing them to navigate the university's internal organizational chart.

Do I need to log in?

You do not need to log in to use all of Inside Montclair’s features. Public information, such as news, events and links, will continue to be public.

Who is Responsible for Inside Montclair?

The site is a partnership between University Communications and Marketing and web liaisons, publishers and editors from each school, college, and department at Montclair:

  • University Communications and Marketing (UCM)
    • Oversees the overall digital strategy.
    • Provides the tools, templates, and framework for the new sites.
    • Offers training, support, and ongoing consultation..
  • College/Unit Web Editors and Liaisons
    • Own the web content strategy for their specific school or unit on inside.montclair.edu.
    • Write, edit, and adapt all content for the new system.
    • Source all necessary assets, such as photos and documents.
    • Communicate any bugs or unexpected behavior to UCM

I have a Question/Comment/Concern/Idea…

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How Does this Affect the University Home Page?

The University's marketing home page (Montclair.edu) is now dedicated to a single, clear objective: recruiting prospective students. This allows for focused, professional marketing messaging and a streamlined user journey from interest to application, free from the clutter of internal operational content.

What can I find Inside Montclair?

Find where campus offices, departments and centers are located, as well as contact information for faculty and staff.

Browse our calendar to stay in the know about campus happenings, special events and programs. Our News stories help to keep the campus community informed, highlight new resources and initiatives, and celebrate the work and achievements of current students, faculty and staff and alumni.

Got an idea for a News story or announcement? To request assistance from University Communications and Marketing in the form of press support, University news posts and other communications help, please submit a Strategic Content Request form.

Timely notices will appear at the top of Inside Montclair. There are three distinct banner types:

Urgent Notice:

An orange box with a caution sign on the left and text that reads "Urgent notices cannot be closed"

Weather Advisory:

Light blue text box with a snowflake on the left with text warning of an incoming winter storm.

General Notice:

Gray box with general notice text

Use our internal search feature to quickly find information on programs, people, places and a wide range of topics and resources relevant to the Red Hawk community. Search categories include:

  • People
  • News
  • Pages
  • Documents
  • Programs, Majors and Minors
  • Events
  • Policies

Note: Our search feature is partially powered by AI, and you may see AI-generated topic summaries and/or answers on the result page of your query. Please note this feature is still under development and monitored by our (very human) web team.

We encourage everyone at Montclair to browse and seek out the resources available to current students and employees alike. From tutoring and learning support to career help, wellness and recreation centers, health and safety services and more — it’s all here, for our campus community.