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Women in History Spotlight
Theresa Grentz
Theresa Grentz joined the University of Illinois coaching staff in 1995, becoming the Head Coach for the Women’s Basketball team. She was named Big 10 Coach of the Year in 1998, leading the women’s basketball team to the Sweet Sixteen in 1997. Prior to her coaching career at Illinois, Theresa was an Olympic athlete and competed for the USA Women’s basketball team in 1973 in Moscow. She served as the USA Women’s basketball team head coach in 1985, 1990, and 1992. In 2012, she also founded Grentz Elite Coaching, a basketball education program for children and coaches.The Women in History...
- November 5, 2026We are excited to invite guest speakers and guest lecturers for a new general education course, CGGE 200: Introduction to Global Gender Studies, currently undergoing the university’s general education review and approval process and expected to be offered for... Read full story
Alumni Spotlight
Bala Saho
Bala Saho is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Saho received his MA in African Studies and the GRID Minor in 2007 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD in History from Michigan State University.
He will be participating in the upcoming WGGP 40th Anniversary Symposium on March 4, 2021 with his talk entitled, "Ritualizing the Womb: Kañeleng Women’s Resolve to Counter Infertility in the Senegambia"