NU Career Closet earns Northwood Project 100 funding

Northwood University alumni have rallied to donate $10,000 towards a student-led work to construct a Occupation Closet in Midland.

Professor Chelsea Butcher’s Sustainability Science course is performing on a NU Profession Closet for the neighborhood to come and purchase company attire for task interviews and far more. Pupils arrived at out to the neighborhood this month in attempts to garner donations of all sizes of neutral and primary apparel, which includes blazers, blouses, gown shirts, undershirts, button-up shirts, suits, gown trousers, skirts, tights, khakis and dresses, in addition to costume footwear, briefcases, ties, jewelry, watches, belts and socks.

“The feed-back has been overwhelmingly favourable, and our college students are so grateful to the local community and our alumni for supporting this work,” Butcher stated.

Students ended up elated this 7 days to discover their NU Profession Closet project has been chosen as this semester’s Task 100 funding receiver.

Project 100 is a progress initiative meant to put the electricity in the fingers of the donors. A group of 100 Northwood alumni, personnel, and good friends gathers as soon as every semester to assessment a few assignments from campus teams requesting funding. The customers every donate $100 and then collectively come to a decision which challenge receives the funding.

“This is the 10th project we have funded, which signifies Job 100 has now provided $100,000 to assignments spearheaded by pupils on campus,” stated Julie Adamczyk, govt director of Alumni Relations for Northwood College. “Project 100 embodies who we are at Northwood by nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit and through our assist of just one one more.”

Prior assignments funded by the group involve:

• Spring 2017 — Manner Retail Program

• Fall 2017 — University student Everyday living – Woody’s Wheels Campus Golf Cart

• Spring 2018 — Timby Media Productions Equipment

• Drop 2018 — Automotive Aftermarket Challenge Motor vehicle

• Spring 2019 — Scholar Alumni Network Out of doors Functions

• Fall 2019 — Hospitality Enterprises Meals Truck

• Spring 2020 — Cancelled owing to pandemic

• Slide 2020 — Finance Association Party

• Spring 2021 — NU Plan Middle Podcast Studio

• Drop 2021 — Two electric automobile charging stations mounted on campus

If you are intrigued in getting a member of Northwood’s Venture 100 and earning an affect on the College and its learners, you can learn much more and join at our Job 100 website page.

As of Thursday, April 14, practically 400 goods have been donated to the NU Vocation Closet effort and hard work. If you’d like to help this initiative, remember to electronic mail [email protected]