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Issue/Question
What is Charlie's Career Closet?
Where is Charlie's Career Closet located?
Environment
- Center for Career Design
- Burr House
Cause
Students are looking for free business attire to wear.
Resolution
Note: Charlie's Career Closet will be closed until the Fall 2025 semester as we move locations from East Hall to the Burr House.
Located at the Burr House, Charlie’s Career Closet can help USD students embody success in their professional journeys. In addition to clothing, students can also receive assistance with resume writing, job searching, interviewing, building a professional brand and more.
Student workers will be present to assist students as they shop current inventory and help with wardrobe selection. Students are eligible to receive 10 free items per semester with their current USD student ID. Students may also contact career@usd.edu to arrange an alternative time to shop.
Donations
Cleaning your closet? Donate your professional and business casual attire to Charlie’s Career Closet.
Donations can be dropped off at the following locations:
Charlie's Career Closet
(Burr House) - There is a box on the front porch outside of the Burr House that you can place your donations inside.
Mondays and Thursdays from 2 - 5 p.m.
Contact Ashlin Schoenfelder (career@usd.edu, 605-658-3603) with any questions you have regarding donations.
Center for Career Design
(First floor of the Belbas Center)
Mondays and Thursdays from 2 - 5 p.m
Contact Ashlin Schoenfelder (career@usd.edu, 605-658-3603) with any questions you have regarding donations.
University of South Dakota - Sioux Falls Campus
Admin Building - Front Desk - Sioux Falls, 4801 N Career Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57107
Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Contact Jordan Decker (Jordan.Decker@usd.edu, 605-274-9500) with any questions you have regarding donations in Sioux Falls.
Donations can also be mailed to:
Charlie’s Career Closet
c/o Center for Career Design
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Monetary donations and gift cards are also greatly appreciated. Gifts will be used to fill any existing gaps in inventory to ensure that all students have the chance to build their professional wardrobe. Gift may also be used to purchase supplies so that the clothes going home with students are clean and free of stains. Donations can be mailed to the address above or submitted at usdalumni.com/give-back/usd-women-in-philanthropy. (Please note that you want the donation to fund Charlie’s Career Closet).
Items We Accept
Here is a list of items we will gladly accept in any size of any gender:
- Belts
- Blazers
- Blouses
- Briefcases
- Button ups
- Cardigans
- Dresses
- Dress Pants
- Dress Shirts
- Dress Shoes
- Dress Socks
- Handbags
- Hangers – Plastic or Felt (no wire)
- Jackets – Pea Coats, etc.
- Jewelry
- Laptop bags
- Padfolios
- Polos
- Quarter-Zips
- Skirts
- Suits
- Sweaters
- Ties
- Vests
Please contact career@usd.edu if you have any quesitons