Lookin’ Posh in Professional Cloth

Students prepared themselves for the career world during the Communication Club’s second annual “Get Hired with New Attire” event.

The three-day clothing drive held in the SUB last Tuesday through Thursday let students try on and take home professional attire for future jobs.

“We hold this event in the spring with the assumption that students will be graduating and possibly be needing nice attire for interviews,” Club President Greda Torgerson-Gregson said, 40, Psychology, Hayden. “I’m proud to say that over the past two years we have been able to clothe over 140 students with professional attire for free.”

A student browses the racks for professional clothing.

To prepare, the club set up boxes around campus to collect clothing donations and reached out to the President’s Cabinet, inviting them to donate as well. The remaining clothing was donated by St. Vincent de Paul’s Thrift Store and Hospice and prepared for students to rummage through in between classes.

“We try to set up like a store would; separating the clothes by sex and size and making it easier for students to find something quickly as we understand they’re on a tight schedule,” Torgerson-Gregson said.

All donated clothing was taken to a local dry cleaner to be readied for the job-seeking students.