July 21, 2025
Health science major Rebekah Prasuhn recently returned from two weeks in Greece, where she spent time exploring Athens, Larissa and the island of Aegina.
Prasuhn was one of two College of Health Sciences students to receive the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Emma Adams, a clinical and diagnostic sciences major, used her scholarship to travel to Thailand.
A total of 15 Mizzou students received Gilman Scholarships this spring. The scholarship enables students with financial barriers to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to U.S. security and economic prosperity.
While she was in Greece, Prasuhn fully immersed herself in the country’s rich culture. From cooking classes to museum visits to tours of historical sites, she took in all that Greece had to offer.
As part of her Public Health class, she also visited 10 social service or health care related sites. These included community centers helping refugee communities, private rehabilitation facilities, the University General Hospital of Larissa and Red Cross locations.
Prasuhn was able to spoke with local workers and volunteers during these visits, discussing public health policy, the impact of social determinants of health on patient outcomes and the importance of international collaboration.
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take what I learned in my Contemporary Health Issues and Global Health Care Systems courses and apply it on a global scale,” Prasuhn said.
But the sweetest lesson from her time abroad? “There is always room for gelato.”
Prasuhn said she and her companions made it a point to grab the cool treat almost every day.