Monday, May 4, 2026
photos by Rob Hinkal, social media specialist
The Center for Career Design hosted its second annual Career Gear Clothes Closet “fill-a-bag” event on April 28 to send students into the summer break with the power to dress for success.
The Career Gear Clothes Closet is stocked with the professional clothing students might need for the Career Fair, job interviews, jobs and internships, or classroom presentations. Students are welcome to “shop” (all items are free) throughout the year. The clothing is then theirs to keep.
The Fill-a-Bag event was organized, planned and executed by Career Services intern Jade A. Adams. Adams, of Bernville, is set to graduate this month with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
This spring’s Fill-a-Bag provided about 735 clothing items to 110 student visitors.
“This event couldn’t be possible without generous donors to the Career Gear Clothes Closet,” said Lizze R. Winters, associate director of the Center for Career Design.
To learn more about Career Services (including how to shop in the Career Gear Clothes Closet or how to donate items to it), visit the Career Services website or call 570-327-4502.
Business clothing is set out for students to peruse during an April 28 "fill-a-bag" event in the Penn College Center for Career Design.
From left: Lizze R. Winters, associate director of the Center for Career Design; Shelley L. Moore, senior director of the Center for Career Design; and Jade A. Adams, who coordinated the fill-a-bag event as part of her duties as a career services intern.
Graduating construction management students James C. Fretz, of Collegeville (who is also a college relations assistant) and Joshua A. Gutenson, of Oakton, Virginia, show some of the finds.
The Career Gear Clothes Closet, which offers gently used clothing, is in the Center of Career Design, on the third floor of the Madigan Library. It’s open year-round.
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