Summer Intern Class of 2012: From L: Alex Kellum, Pearce Cooper, Joey Matt, Caitlin Fikes, Lydia Bienlien, Jessica Braunstein, Laura Tait, Margaret Walker, Sean Lusk, Madeline Karp, Sabrina Ramirez, Natalie Ross.
Photo by David Malmquist.
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2011: From L: Dylan O'Connell, Seth Theuerkauf, Daniel O'Hara, Drew Howard, Julianne Decker, Nicholas Hernandez, Akela Kuwahara, Alexandra Badia,Jessica Sahu Teli, and Emily Wei. Missing from the picture are Heather Richardson and Sara Wilson.
Photo by David Malmquist.
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2010: Front row: Angelina Haines, Courtney Wickel, Leslie Bland, Zoe Almeida, Elizabeth Gomez, David Fryxell, co-director Rochelle Seitz, and Director Linda Schaffner. Back Row: Nyanza Rothman, Molly Martin, William Bennett, and Robert Isdell.
Photo by Susan Stein.
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2009: Against the window, back to front: Lance Dixon (Temple Univ., red bandanna), Austin Allen (W&M), Genevieve Ho (Univ. of Michigan), Courtney Wickel (W&M), Hadley McIntosh (College of St. Benedict), and Stacy Aguilera (Stanford Univ.). Middle row, back to front: Alex Brett (College of the Atlantic), Sammy Allen (Presbyterian College), Monica Poteat (Elon Univ.), Sara Walkup (UC Berkeley), Program Director Linda Schaffner, and Caitlin Adams (Swarthmore College). Foreground, back to front: Matthew Schoen (Univ. of Maine), TA Andrew Wozniak, Program Co-Director Rochelle Seitz, and Rebecca Wright (St. Mary’s College of MD).
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2008: From L: Elizabeth Hamman, Juan Alvarez-Rosario, Sarah Donelan, Natasha Gownaris, Ben Lawson, Julia Moriarty, Jonathan Lefcheck, Samone Brockett, Leandra Darden, Bhae-Jin Peemoeller, Ryan Scott, Jenna Luek, and Caitlin Bovery.
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2007: Front Row (L to R): VIMS REU Coordinator Dr. Linda Schaffner, Margaret Simon (Haverford College), Dominique Franson (University of Maryland), Queen Akwari (Claflin University), Diana Chin (Boston University), and Payal Dharia (VIMS graduate student). Back Row (L to R): Laura Mulvey (Case Western Reserve University), Hilary Griffin (Elmira College), Cora Johnston (Hampshire College), and Stephanie Henderson (Ottawa University). Not pictured: Carolyn Ewers (California Polytechnic State University).
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2006: Front row: Barbara Salgado. 2nd row (from L): Talia Fletcher, Paul Littreal (a Mellon Intern), Cara Babineaux, Andria Salas, Katherine Kokotky, and Adrienne Wiggin. 3rd row (from L): Carolina Funkey, Emilee Mroz, Miranda Westphal, David James, Philip Matich, Sara Tappan, and Dan Naly.
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2005: From L: Heather Nees (Muskingum College), Curtis Freund (St. Cloud State University), Melanie Schultz Peters (University of Miami), Laura Twichell (Swarthmore College), Andrew Kowalczk (Texas A&M University at Galveston), and Cielomar Rodriguez (University of Puerto Rico).
Summer Intern (REU) Class of 2004: Front row, L-R: Program Director Dr. Linda Schaffner, Elda Varela-Acevado (Loyola Marymount), Alexa Ramirez (Duke Univ,), Breanna Korsman (The College of William & Mary), Shirley Morales (Univ. of Puerto Rico-Humacao), Elizabeth Tennant (W&M), and Ed Gorecki (Texas A&M at Corpus Christi). Back row, L-R: Program Co-Director Dr. Rochelle Seitz, Inia Soto (Univ. of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez), Tanieka Motley (Chatham College), Nicole Rohr (Southwest Missouri St. Univ.), Kevin Thompson and Tim Montgomery (W&M), Francisco Soto (Univ. of PR-Humacao), and Corey Bacchus (Morgan State Univ.).
Summer Intern Program
Research Experience for Undergraduates
Each year the Summer Intern Program - Research Experience for Undergraduates at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) places 12 to 15 undergraduates with faculty mentors for a summer research experience. Internships are available in many areas of marine science, including marine biology and ecology; biological, geological, chemical, and physical oceanography; environmental science; fisheries; and resource management.
The program is funded by the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, VIMS, The College of William and Mary (W&M), private donors, and grants to individual faculty.
All students, including those traditionally under-represented in the marine sciences, are encouraged to apply. In general, rising juniors and seniors are preferred for the traditional REU because of their better course preparation, but we will also consider rising sophomores who have enough science and math background (e.g. AP or other advanced courses in high school) to benefit from an earlier research experience. Some advanced placement courses will show up on your college transcript. If they do not, please be sure to mention what you've taken in the "other comments" section of the application.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community of marine scientists. We want people from all cultures and all backgrounds to feel welcome at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. However, due to funding constraints, we are generally unable to consider applications of foreign students unless they are permanent residents or already in possession of a F1 Student visa to attend a college or university in the U.S.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science, located in Gloucester Point, Virginia, is one of the largest coastal and estuarine science institutions in the world, with more than 65 faculty and a graduate student body of more than 120.
VIMS houses state-of-the-art oceanographic instrumentation and analytical facilities, a large fleet of coastal research vessels, a world-class marine science library, and is within close proximity to a variety of habitats ranging from freshwater tributaries to the coastal ocean. The School of Marine Science is a part of the College of William and Mary, one of the most highly rated public universities emphasizing undergraduate education in the United States.
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