Student Usage

Who: The UIS Professional Clothing Closet is open to UIS students registered for classes during the current semester.

What: The UIS Professional Clothing Closet provides professional clothing and accessories. Students may have items for FREE, to use during professional activities such as interviews, presentations, career fairs, networking events, conference, and online meetings.

When: The UIS Professional Clothing Closet is typically open 9:00 am - 4:30 pm central, Monday through Friday. Call 217-206-6508 or email careerservices@uis.edu to schedule a time to shop the closet. The closet is closed when the Career Center is closed, including during campus events.

Where: The UIS Professional Clothing Closet is located within the UIS Career Development Center in the Human Resources Building (HRB), room 80.

Why: What you wear can impact your comfort and confidence during professional interaction, even when the top half of you is the only part visible.

Additional Info: Sizes and quantities are limited based on donations received. On rare occasions, later shopping hours may be scheduled in advance. Clothing and accessories are not shipped, students much be able to come to the physical Career Center to get items of interest.

Donations

UIS employees may donate clean, ready to wear, professional and business casual clothing throughout the year. Accessories such as jewelry, ties, scarves, handbags, wallets, belts, and pins may also be accepted. Shoes must be in new condition.

Clothing donations from community members are only accepted during special clothing drives. No drives are currently scheduled.

Call 217-206-6508 or email careerservices@uis.edu to schedule a time to donate to the closet.

Financial donations to our gift fund may be submitted at any time and can help support the UIS Professional Clothing Closet. Funds may be used for dry cleaning, support items such as lint rollers, student grants for sizes we do not have available, and other operational needs.