Tomorrow, West Virginia Junior College (WVJC) will begin its partnership with the YWCA Past & Present Gently Used Clothing Store to help students learn to dress for success. The college's new "Dress for Success" program will provide students with an opportunity to collect inexpensive interview-ready and career-appropriate attire and/or accessories. Donated business attire for both women and men will be supplied by YWCA Past & Present and made available to students in a make-shift clothing shop tomorrow in Room 102, and will become a recurring program to take place once every 12 week quarter.
Rose Winland, WVJC Student Services Coordinator and initiator of the "Dress for Success" program states:
"While it may be cliché, it is certainly true that individuals who 'dress for the position they want, not for the position they have,' tend to find this among other strategies they employ to achieve success in the business community. Our goal at West Virginia Junior College is to assist the students in obtaining the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in both professional and personal environments – and the ‘Dress for Success’ program is a way to further that goal."
All proceeds from the sale go to YWCA Past & Present, which generates critically-needed revenue to support the YWCA Alicia McCormick Homes for battered and homeless women and children. Donations of business attire and accessories are greatly appreciated, and can be dropped off at YWCA Past & Present, located at 1598 Lee Street, East, Charleston, WV 25311.
The YWCA of Charleston is proud to partner with WVJC in helping empower students who are working to create better lives for themselves and their families. Comments or suggestions regarding the Dress for Success Program can be addressed to Rose Winland, Student Services Coordinator, West Virginia Junior College, via e-mail: rwinland.wvjc@gmail.com.
Rose Winland, WVJC Student Services Coordinator and initiator of the "Dress for Success" program states:
"While it may be cliché, it is certainly true that individuals who 'dress for the position they want, not for the position they have,' tend to find this among other strategies they employ to achieve success in the business community. Our goal at West Virginia Junior College is to assist the students in obtaining the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in both professional and personal environments – and the ‘Dress for Success’ program is a way to further that goal."
All proceeds from the sale go to YWCA Past & Present, which generates critically-needed revenue to support the YWCA Alicia McCormick Homes for battered and homeless women and children. Donations of business attire and accessories are greatly appreciated, and can be dropped off at YWCA Past & Present, located at 1598 Lee Street, East, Charleston, WV 25311.
The YWCA of Charleston is proud to partner with WVJC in helping empower students who are working to create better lives for themselves and their families. Comments or suggestions regarding the Dress for Success Program can be addressed to Rose Winland, Student Services Coordinator, West Virginia Junior College, via e-mail: rwinland.wvjc@gmail.com.
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