Professional Clothing Closet
Welcome to the UM-Flint Professional Clothing Closet!
A professional image is one of the most important but often overlooked priorities in a career context. Simply put, students must strive to dress how they want to be seen. This is not always an achievable reality for all of our students. A small group of caring education professionals are striving to change this!
Starting this Fall 2023 semester, The UM-Flint Professional Clothing Closet (located at 430 David M. French Hall, University of Michigan-Flint) will provide Education students with access to free career attire appropriate for interviews, internships, student teaching, networking events, conferences, career fairs and so much more! 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 on the importance of dressing professionally and the different types of professional attire in the workplace.
To support this exciting initiative, you can:
- Contact Linda Blakey at 810-424-5215 or email her at [email protected] to contribute clothing and/or accessories.
- Purchase an item (s) from our Amazon Wish List
- Donors may direct funds to the following University gift fund
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 University of Michigan Flint in the Education Department at 430 David M. French Hall, 303 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48502-1950.
If you wish to visit the closet, please email Linda Blakey at [email protected]. Education students may select up to two outfits per semester.