N/A
Women in History Spotlight

Patricia Morey

Patricia Morey served as the Director of the Women’s Resource Center at the University of Illinois since 1992. She retired in June 2017 after over 25 years of service. Prior to the working at the Women’s Resource Center, Pat worked with the Women’s Center of Champaign and was the Director of Rape Crisis Services for seven years. Pat received her degree in Social Work at the University of Illinois in 1980 and later earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science. Pat sadly passed in 2025 and donations can be made to the Patricia L. Morey scholarship fund at the School of Social...
Batamaka
Alumni Spotlight

Batamaka Some

Batamaka Some University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumnnus GRID Minor, 2010 PhD in Anthropology, 2010 Current Position Regional Representative West Africa Collaborative Crop Research Programme (CCRP) of the McKnight Foundation.  Location: Burkina Faso Please give us an update on your life since graduating from Illinois. Thank you for the opportunity. Upon completing my doctorate in anthropology in 2010, I worked with non-profit organizations. I first worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, within the Market Access...