Casey Evans, an O&P master’s student at Salus at Drexel University, received three awards from the United States Navy for her work as a hospital corpsman: a unit letter of appreciation for her role in a mass mobilization evolution helping get another unit medically ready for deployment, a letter of commendation for being recognized as the Junior Sailor of the Quarter for being an active part of her community, and the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal for service to her community.
Evans also received this year’s Larry Lange Travel Fellowship Award from the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and used the award to participate in a Range of Motion Project (ROMP) service trip to Guatemala City in October.
“I just like to give other people the opportunity to experience the same things that I would typically have access to,” said Evans. She earned her undergraduate degree in exercise science and an occupational therapy concentration from West Chester University, and transitioned to O&P after enlisting in the Naval Reserves.
“There are only eight students in my cohort and the program is rapidly growing,” Evans said about the O&P program. “We’re establishing the building blocks for the program and we’re able to provide the faculty input on what worked or what didn’t work from the student perspective. We are kind of paving the way for future cohorts in a sense.”
Evans is completing her residency at Hanger Clinic in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
