Description
Before you say a word in an interview, you have already made an impression based on your attire. Even if you look great on paper, if you don’t dress appropriately, a recruiter may overlook your qualifications.
The Dress for Success Scholarship was formed in 2022 after the Rawls College of Business Career Management Center noticed students struggling to afford professional attire. This need-based scholarship helps eliminate the financial barriers that often prevent students from looking and feeling their best as they prepare to interview, apply, and enter the professional world.
Cultivating student success since 2003, the Rawls Career
Management Center empowers students by helping them Prep, Connect, Get Hired
and Succeed. We start with helping students PREP by providing career coaching,
workshops and events to equip students for career success. Then we CONNECT our
students with our employer partners to create networking and career
opportunities. Throughout the recruitment process, we focus on helping students
GET HIRED by coordinating career fairs and on-campus interviews and providing
access to our online recruitment software, Handshake. Our ultimate goal is to
help our students gain confidence and establish professional skills that will
help them succeed.
How You Can Make an Impact
The Rawls College of Business Dress for Success Scholarship helps students overcome financial barriers by providing funding for professional attire. A polished appearance is crucial for interviews, internships, and networking, but many students lack the resources to invest in appropriate business clothing.
This scholarship empowers students to present themselves confidently, enhancing their professional image and opportunities. By supporting this initiative, donors directly contribute to student success, ensuring equal access to career-defining experiences.
Your generosity will foster confidence, readiness, and long-term growth, helping shape the next generation of business leaders. Join us in making a lasting impact — invest in student success today.
Help us provide hard-working business students the confidence
they deserve for their first interview, internship or job by giving to the
Dress for Success Scholarship. Every gift – no matter the amount – makes a
difference!
Challenge
During Texas Tech University’s Day of Giving, your gift to the Rawls Dress for Success Fund will have an even greater impact! Thanks to a 1:1 matching gift opportunity provided by Frank Drury (Finance ’84), your gift will be doubled—up to $5,000—supporting students as they prepare to step into the professional world.
The first 25 donors to the Rawls Dress for Success fund will have an even greater impact, thanks to a generous challenge provided by Phyllis (Finance ’84) & David Sarkaria. Once the fund reaches 25 donors, an additional $5,000 will be unlocked to support professional dress for students.