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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
Pronoy Rai
Dr. Pronoy Rai (Ph.D. Geography, 2018) GRID Alumnus and 2015 Recipient of the Rita and Arnold Goodman Fellowship is currently an assistant professor at Portland State University. His research interests include human-environment geographies, development and labor migration, gender and masculinities, agro-ecological change and South Asia.