{"id":566,"date":"2024-12-10T07:26:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T12:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case-new\/?page_id=566"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:09:17","slug":"professional-clothing-closet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/professional-clothing-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Clothing Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default_no_jumbotron\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container-fluid mb-2 px-1\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row no-gutters\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-3\">\n\t\t\t\n<button class=\"btn btn-section w-100 px-0 wp-menu-block-toggle mobile-nav-toggle d-none\" data-target=\"wp-menu-block-education-dept\">\n          <span class=\"h-100 mr-3 mt-1 d-block mobile-nav-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t  <\/span>\n          Education Department<\/button><nav id=\"wp-menu-block-education-dept\" class=\"wp-menu-block sidebar-nav wp-block-umflint-menu-block\"><div class=\"nav-sidebar-title-container\">\n                <div class=\"nav-sidebar-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/\">Education Department<\/a><\/div>\n                <a class=\"nav-sidebar-title-close\" href=\"#\" data-target=\"education-dept\" aria-label=\"Close\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n                        <title>close<\/title><path d=\"M19,6.41L17.59,5L12,10.59L6.41,5L5,6.41L10.59,12L5,17.59L6.41,19L12,13.41L17.59,19L19,17.59L13.41,12L19,6.41Z\" \/>\n                    <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n            <\/div><ul id=\"menu-education-dept\" class=\"menu nav nav-sidebar flex-column\"><li itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/www.schema.org\/SiteNavigationElement\" id=\"menu-item-1551\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1551 nav-item\"><a title=\"Accreditation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/accreditation\/\" class=\"nav-link\">Accreditation<\/a><\/li>\n<li itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/www.schema.org\/SiteNavigationElement\" id=\"menu-item-1554\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1554 nav-item\"><a title=\"MTTC Support\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/mttc-support\/\" class=\"nav-link\">MTTC Support<\/a><\/li>\n<li itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/www.schema.org\/SiteNavigationElement\" id=\"menu-item-1557\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1557 nav-item\"><a title=\"Professional Clothing Closet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/professional-clothing-closet\/\" class=\"nav-link\">Professional Clothing Closet<\/a><\/li>\n<li itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/www.schema.org\/SiteNavigationElement\" id=\"menu-item-1560\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1560 nav-item\"><a title=\"Student Hub\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/student-hub\/\" class=\"nav-link\">Student Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/www.schema.org\/SiteNavigationElement\" id=\"menu-item-1564\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1564 nav-item\"><a title=\"Field &amp; 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Education<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/\">Education<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">Professional Clothing Closet<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UM-Flint&#8217;s Professional Clothing Closet: Empowering Students with Career-Ready Attire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A professional image is one of the most important but often overlooked priorities in a career context. Simply put,&nbsp;students must strive to dress how<em>&nbsp;they want to be seen.&nbsp;<\/em>This is not always an achievable reality for all of our students. A small group of caring education professionals are striving to change this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UM-Flint Professional Clothing Closet, located at 430 David M. French Hall, will provide 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Closet is inclusive of all genders and sizes, and all clothing and accessories are offered&nbsp;at no cost.&nbsp;In addition to providing a wide variety of professional clothing and accessories, students may receive free resources and information on the importance of dressing professionally and the different types of professional attire in the workplace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Support this exciting initiative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contact Linda Blakey at&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:810-424-5215\">810-424-5215<\/a>&nbsp;or email her at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lblakey@umich.edu\">lblakey@umich.edu<\/a>&nbsp;to contribute clothing and\/or accessories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purchase an item (s) from our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/WSOQGJVO0BPY\/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Wish List<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donors may direct funds to the following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersandbest.umich.edu\/find\/#!\/give\/basket\/fund\/366614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University gift fund<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2\">We are currently accepting financial donations, clothing, shoe, and accessory donations, clothing racks, dry-cleaning gift certificates in the Genesee County area, and gift certificates to have hair professionally styled in the Genesee County area. Checks can be dropped off at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Michigan Flint <br>Education Department <br>430 David M. French Hall<br>303 E. Kearsley Street<br>Flint, MI 48502-1950<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to visit the closet, please email Linda Blakey at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lblakey@umich.edu\">lblakey@umich.edu<\/a>. Education students may select&nbsp;<strong>up to two&nbsp;<\/strong>outfits per semester.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc12.com\/community\/good-morning-mid-michigan\/university-of-michigan-flint-opening-wardrobe-closet\/video_284e9f0f-f7e1-5150-8877-576e4ad0870d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/105\/files\/2023\/12\/ABC12-Education-Professional-Wardrobe-Closet-1.jpg\" alt=\"ABC12 news story about the University of Michigan-Flint opening the Education Professional Wardrobe Closet to help students dress for career success.\" class=\"wp-image-143\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ABC12 news story about the University of Michigan-Flint opening the Education Professional Wardrobe Closet to help students dress for career success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/education\/professional-clothing-closet\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":481,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566\/revisions\/2462"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}