"Auburn University Interior Design offers an umbrella organization, The Societies, composed of two professional organizations: ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) and IIDA (International Interior Design Association). Our professional student-led chapter serves a variety of needs for the program. Our organization offer liaisons between the department and students while serving numerous initiatives dedicated to the betterment of our education. These initiatives include: inviting industry leaders to speak at monthly meetings in order to further educate and enlighten, planning of bi-annual program-wide mandatory meetings, industry-specific philanthropy, and the sponsorship of national conferences dedicated to students within the interior design field. The Societies aims to supplement the classroom education with that of one beyond four walls."