VIMS Overview - Get to Know Us

Getting to Know Us

Quick links:  VIMS - At a Glance; VIMS Overview; VIMS Campus Services; Getting to know William & Mary; New Employees (W&M Human Resources)

Get to know VIMS better by visiting At a Glance, where you can learn a bit of VIMS history, watch the VIMS Anthem video and explore the VIMS photo galleries. 

Campus Services provides a deeper dive on VIMS as a workplace.  

We strive to be a friendly, supportive and inclusive community.  There are many ways to connect with colleagues on the VIMS and W&M campuses.

Getting to know William & Mary will introduce you to William & Mary and its traditions.

William & Mary Human Resources provides information related to employment, including general onboarding, required forms and paperwork, orientations, and what to expect in the first days as a new employee.  For VIMS-specific HR information, refer to Campus Services & General Support.

Campuses

Quick links: VIMS Campus Map; VIMS campus photo tour I; VIMS campus photo tour II; Eastern Shore Lab; Kauffman Aquaculture Center

VIMS campuses include the main campus in Gloucester Point, the Eastern Shore Laboratory in Wachapreague, Virginia and the Kauffman Aquaculture Center campus in Topping Virginia.

Williamsburg Campus: W&M Campus Map

Organizational Structure

Quick links: VIMS Directory

Three Academic Research Sections are designed to support research and discovery around core focus areas where VIMS is addressing grand challenges and leading science for solutions to address global change:

• Coastal & Ocean Processes - connecting global trends and local drivers to understand and address environmental change 
• Ecosystem Health - connecting physical, chemical, biological, and socioeconomic systems to address environmental and community vulnerabilities
• Natural Resources -  providing translational science for sustainable management of coastal socio-ecological systems, especially fisheries and aquaculture
  

VIMS faculty, staff, and students affiliate with a primary section for administrative processes, but VIMS researchers are highly collegial and collaborative, and interactions across sections are encouraged.  

Research & advisory centers - Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC), Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM), Marine Advisory Program (MAP)

Partnership programs - Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR), Virginia Sea Grant 

Supporting units (note: some of these links are intranet (LAN, local area network) and are only available on campus or when using VPN):

• Academic Affairs
• Analytical Services
• Communications & Marketing
• Facilities Management
• Finance
• Information Technology & Networking Services (ITNS)
• Marine Operations
• Office of the Dean & Director (Administration, Human Resources, Inclusive Excellence)
• Research & Advisory Service
• Safety and Environmental Programs
• Sponsored Programs