好消息！威廉玛丽学院获得史上最大金额捐款

　　近日，这所承载着深厚历史底蕴的学院迎来了一则振奋人心的消息：学院荣幸地获得了1亿美元的慷慨捐赠，这是其331年历史中最大的一笔单笔捐赠，将专项用于强化其海洋科学这一优势学科的建设。

　　此次巨额捐赠源自弗吉尼亚州慈善家Jane Batten女士。尽管Jane本人并非威廉玛丽校友，但她已故的丈夫Frank Batten曾在上世纪90年代担任学院的访问者委员会成员，并长期致力于推动学院的科研、教育及环境保护事业。

　　为表彰Batten家族的慷慨解囊，海洋科学学院将正式更名为巴顿海岸与海洋科学学院(Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences)。

　　据悉，巴顿学院目前设有三个研究生项目及一个本科辅修课程。作为这一宏伟蓝图的一部分，威廉玛丽学院已于今年4月宣布，计划在2025年秋季启动弗吉尼亚州首个海洋科学本科项目，旨在培养更多海洋科学领域的未来之星。

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　　A $100 million gift from Jane Batten HON ’17, L.H.D. ’19 will position William & Mary and our Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) as the global destination for science that safeguards the vitality of our world’s coastlines and waterways. Mrs. Batten’s gift is the largest to a university for coastal and marine research and education. It is also the largest in William & Mary’s 331-year history. This morning, the Board of Visitors unanimously approved naming the School of Marine Science the Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences.

　　The Batten School will expand our partnerships, attract talent and generate interdisciplinary solutions to the threats faced by vulnerable coastal ecosystems. Consistent with our Vision 2026goals, the school builds on William & Mary’s longstanding commitment to environmental resilience. In April, the Board of Visitors approved the first public undergraduate marine science degree in Virginia.

　　I am grateful to Mrs. Batten for her trust in William & Mary and our mission. She has challenged alumni, friends, philanthropists and policy-makers to join her in supporting the school’s groundbreaking education and research. William & Mary has set a goal to raise at least another $100 million to realize our vision for the school.

　　We should all feel deeply proud that William & Mary is at the forefront of this important work. There is no university better positioned to lead.

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