Classroom To Career

In today’s job market, candidates with a solid professional image get hired.  One of the key elements of a solid professional image is the way you dress.  The Office of Career Services is excited to offer a professional development series focused on building professional skills with our students. This unique program, called the Classroom to Career Professional Dress Certificate Program, guides students through a variety of career-related steps to build their career competencies and professional image.  At the completion of these steps, students will earn their choice of a free, professional business suit or professional dress outfit.  

The Classroom to Career Program is open to Juniors and Seniors from all majors.   Emporia State has partnered with the professional staff at Macy's at the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, KS to provide the sizing and apparel for the professional dress program. Emporia State University Career Services provides the ongoing funding for the suit program, as well as gifts from our generous donors and corporate sponsors. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for this program, students must:

1. Be a current Junior or Senior in any major by credit hour at the start of the Spring 2024 semester, while also holding a cumulative GPA of 2.5  or higher.

2. Be enrolled full-time for the Spring 2024 semester.

      *Students who graduate in December 2023 are not eligible to participate in this program.   

3. Apply online for the program between Monday, October 9 - Sunday, October 29, 2023 by completing THIS APPLICATION between these dates.  Applications will not be accepted before Monday, October 9 or after Sunday, October 29, 2023.

4. Students will be selected by a Selection Committee based on their applications and will be notified if they are selected or not by Wednesday, November 8, 2023.

5. Complete all required certificate steps in Canvas between Monday, November 13, 2023 - Friday, February 16, 2024. Steps completed before or after these dates will not be considered for this program.  

***NOTE:  This program is limited to 100 students, so not everyone who applies will be selected.  It is NOT first-come, first-served as in the past.  Students who have already participated in the program cannot participate again.