- About
- 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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People

The seine survey regularly employs highly motivated undergraduate students or recent graduates with a B.S. during the summer field season to gain valuable work experience. Those interested in employment through the seine survey should contact [[bkgallagher,Brian Gallagher]] during April.

Former summer technicians who have recently worked with the seine survey include:

Corey Corrick	Diana Belcher	Bruce Pfirrmann	Virginia Hewitt
Cemil Saglam	Jillian Swinford	Anya Voloshin	Brittney Jennings
Haley Jenkins	Haley Burleson	Caitlin Smoot	Patrick Link
Matt Oliver	Olivia Phillips	Teresa Campbell	Mark Miller
Steve Thornton	Max Grezlik	Alison Deary	Matthew Norwood
Ben Szykman	Brittnee Barris	Nicholas Erdle	Zenia Sherman
Taylor Moore	Sean Robertson	Robert Fitchett	Virginia Zakrzewski

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Fabrizio, Mary C.
Professor
Email: [[v|mfabrizio]]
Phone: (804) 684-7308
Office: Nunnally Hall 135
Section: Natural Resources
Interests: Fish population dynamics, habitat, fish movement, fish ecology; fishery-independent surveys

Gallagher, Brian
Chief Scientist Juvenile Striped Bass Seine Survey