Professional Clothing Closet

Empowering Students with Career-Ready Attire

A professional image is one of the most important but often overlooked priorities in a career context. It’s important that students can dress in ways that reflect how they want to be seen. 

It’s not easy for many of our Education students to achieve this, so our caring Education faculty and staff have stepped up to change this!

The UM-Flint Professional Clothing Closet, located at 430 David M. French Hall, provides education students with access to career attire appropriate for interviews, internships, student teaching, networking events, conferences, career fairs, and more—free of charge.

Our primary goal is to ensure students feel comfortable and prepared to make a positive first impression. We are excited to guide our students to look and feel self-confident for in-person professional work, events, and virtual meetings.

The Closet is inclusive of all genders and sizes, and all clothing and accessories are offered at no cost. In addition to providing a wide variety of professional clothing and accessories, students may receive free resources and information about the importance of professional dress and the different types of professional attire in the workplace. 

You can support this meaningful initiative

Would you like to make an impact on our community’s future educators? Here are ways you can help.

We are currently accepting:

  • Clothing, shoes, accessories, and clothing rack donations
  • Financial donations
  • Gift certificates for dry cleaning within the Genesee County area
  • Gift certificates for professional hair styling in the Genesee County area

Here’s how you can connect with us:

University of Michigan-Flint
Education Department
430 David M. French Hall
303 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48502-1950

Watch the ABC12 News story about the Professional Clothing Closet
ABC12 news story about the University of Michigan-Flint opening the Education Professional Wardrobe Closet to help students dress for career success.