Accomplishments - November, 2026
Trinka Pape, director of Graduate Programs in the College of Business and Analytics, was selected as president-elect of the Illinois Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (IACRAO) at the organization’s annual meeting in October. She is the first president-elect from SIU Carbondale since 1983. She will serve a one-year term and then become the organization’s president.
Patrice DeBlois, associate lecturer, School of Accountancy, recently appeared as a visiting expert on the personal finance website WalletHub.com to discuss the creation and maintenance of a personal budget. WalletHub uses an in-house editorial and research team augmented by visiting professors and economists.
“Ecos del Alma,” a multimedia exhibition curated by Antonio Martinez, professor of photography/intermedia arts, College of Arts and Media (CAM), is underway through Nov. 14 at 304 Cultural Arts Center, 304 W. Walnut St., Carbondale. The exhibit celebrates Latino, Hispanic and Chicano cultures by featuring emerging and established Southern Illinois artists alongside art from private and museum collections. It includes works by Martinez, Rob Lopez, assistant dean in CAM, and MFA graduate students Alex Guerrero, Marcus Jimenez, Sydney Torrez and Joshua Beltran. An artist reception and exhibition celebration is from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at 304 Cultural Arts Center and On the Strip, 607 S. Illinois Ave. Jan Thompson, director in SIU’s Charlotte Thompson Schuler School of Journalism and Advertising, will discuss her PBS documentary “Food for the Ancestors.”
