The College of William & Mary’s Batten School and Virginia Institute of Marine Science recently welcomed 32 new students for its fall semester, including 18 graduate students entering M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. programs and 14 undergraduates majoring in coastal and marine sciences. “An exceptional group of graduate and undergraduate students has joined us at VIMS & the Batten School,” said Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Siddhartha Mitra, Ph.D. “They’re bright, talented individuals already equipped with excellent problem-solving skills that will lend to solving our wicked coastal challenges,” continued Mitra. “Our faculty and staff are eager to engage them in meaningful and transformative research and coursework.” Before classes kicked off, separate orientation days for graduate and undergraduate students helped orient them to the Gloucester Point campus. Orientation for the graduate programs culminated in a campus barbecue overlooking the York River. The new cohort of undergradu...