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2025 - 2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025 - 2026 Graduate Catalog

Batten School & VIMS: Office for Academic Affairs



The Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences & VIMS Office for Academic Affairs is located in Watermen’s Hall on the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) campus. For questions relating to admission, please contact us at admissions@vims.edu. All other inquiries may be directed to academicaffairs@vims.edu.

Siddhartha Mitra, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Office: 804.684.7105
Email: mitras@vims.edu

Jennifer Dahnke, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Office: 804.684.7256
Email: jmdahnke@vims.edu; admissions@vims.edu

Jennifer Hay, Graduate Registrar and Assistant to the Associate Dean
Office: 804.684.7106
Email: hay@vims.eduregistrar@vims.edu

Mouna Litz, Finance and Program Administrator
Office: 804.684.7505
Email: academicaffairs@vims.edu

This Batten School & VIMS Graduate Catalog lists the key guidelines, milestones, requirements and regulations associated with this school’s graduate program. Catalogs prior to 2013-2014 can be viewed here.

The Batten School & VIMS Graduate Student Handbook can be viewed here.