The Batten School & VIMS campus will be closed on Monday, March 15 due to the National Weather Service prediction for severe weather including periods of rain, damaging winds and the potential for tornadoes.

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- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Adverse Weather Advisory Panel

Contacts

Timothy Turner
email: tnturner@vims.edu
office: (804) 684-7279
cell: (757) 870-9286

Voight (Bubba) Hogge
email: voight@vims.edu
office: (804) 684-7210
cell: (757) 509-1647

Wendy Lowery
email: wlowery@vims.edu
office: (804) 684-7558
cell: (804) 620-2046

Brian Watkins
email: watkins@vims.edu
office: (804) 684-7126
cell: (757) 812-3183

Hank Brooks
email: hbrooks@vims.edu
office: (804) 684-7587
cell: (757) 871-0290

Eastern Shore Lab

Sean Fate
email: sfate@vims.edu
cell: (757) 710-3495

P.G. Ross
email: pg@vims.edu
cell: (757) 787-5837