Leadership and Learning Opportunities | Purdue West Lafayette's Interior Design Program

Purdue University offers several opportunities for Interior Design students to engage in co-curricular opportunities and to develop their leadership and design potentials while making life-long friendships. For a full list of student organizations visit Purdue University Boiler Link  and Student Organizations & Involvement. Below is a partial list of opportunities.

Student Organizations and Clubs

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

International Interior Design Association (IIDA)

ASID/IIDA have a combined student club at Purdue University. Membership in the club provides students enrolled in the interior design program the additional resources needed for educational and professional development, that are not available on campus. See Facebook:  ASID/IIDA Purdue University

Boiler Communication (Boiler Com) Student Organization
Boiler Communication is a student-run public relations firm that provides various public relation services to other student organizations, non-profit organizations, and local businesses and companies in the Tippecanoe and surrounding areas.

Art History Student Organization (AHSO)
The Purdue University Art History Student Organization's mission is simple: we strive to offer students as well as the community an institution where education and personal enjoyment combine to celebrate the arts.

Photography Club
Purdue Photography Club is made up of independent amateur photographers, ranging in skill from novice to advanced. Our meetings consist of photo critique nights, guest speakers, demos, and presentations. Anyone affiliated with Purdue may join the club.

Study Abroad

Purdue Study Abroad oversees more than 300 different programs in over 50 countries. To determine which program is right for you, determine your academic, professional, and personal goals, desired timetable, and potential constraints, click here.

Volunteering

Students are actively involved in volunteering at Purdue. Local non-profit organizations constantly look for Visual Communications Design students to engage in design opportunities. Volunteer opportunities are posted on bulletin boards in the VCD labs and can also be disseminated directly by the faculty, via listserv and Visual Communications Design Network Facebook Group. 

In the third year of study, graduate students focus on production of their MFA exhibition and thesis.