On December 18, 2009 the EVMS Graduate Art Therapy & Counseling program held their first official “Aproning Ceremony” to commemorate the progression of the 1st year class moving into their clinical internships working with clients. Each student received an apron with the EVMS emblem from the Director, Dr. Abby Calisch.

Currently (spring 2009), our students are completing rotations at the following sites:

• Chesapeake Alternative School
• Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
• Compass In-Home Health Center
• The Dwelling Place
• Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
• Hampton Veterans Administration Medical Center
• Harbor's Edge Retirement Community
• Maryview Behavioral Medicine Center
• Merrimac Juvenile Detention Center
• Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
• Norfolk Public Schools
• Pendleton Detention Center
• Province Place of DePaul
• Riverside Regional Medical Center
• Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Behavioral Health Services
• Sentara Obici Hospital
• Skillquest Services
• Star of the Sea School
• Transitions
• Virginia Beach Public Schools Day Treatment Program
• YWCA Women in Crisis

Student names from top to bottom: Jenna DeAndrea, Ursula Spont, Molly Pettit, Lelani Pecht, Ashy Palliparambil, Joanna Tarr, (front to back alternating) Stephanie Scanell, Frederica Jones, Annie Spries, Ariel Furler, Megan Bernier, Mary Madison Lovett, Lange Eve, Ashley Buchanon, Brianne Hayden, Jessica Ropars, Jessica Furiness, Lauren Burinsky, Laura Michalski (not pictured, Tess Lee) and Director Dr. Abby Calisch.