A Senate bill headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk would close a loophole in current law that technically prohibits mortuary science students in Michigan from practicing embalming - a requirement ...

The typical entry-level credential is an associate or bachelor's degree from an accredited mortuary school. A death can feel ...

Morticians (also called funeral directors) work with more than dead bodies. They mediate ceremonies of death from floral arrangements to corpse preservation. Their toughest job: explaining to grieving ...

The path to his profession was clear when James Bryant was just 5 years old. He’d wear his little black suit and bow tie as he placed fallen birds or insects in a wagon, then lead a procession on his ...

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio College students graduating this semester are worried about the program’s future and how any changes could impact their classmates who are still working towards their degrees ...

For our June 2015 issue, we explore (and try to explain) the ins and outs of the Queen City. If you’re one of the more than 100,000 people who die in Ohio each year—or a friend or family member of one ...

Mortuary science students at San Antonio College are now the first in the nation who will be able to work in the field without leaving campus. SAC opened a full-service mortuary on campus at 1819 N.

WEBVTT SCIENCE INDUSTRY, IS CHANGING. >> GROWING UP I ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS HERE FOR ME. THEO: FOR JACK MITCHELL, BECOMING A MORTICIAN WAS IN HIS BLOOD. HIS GREAT GREAT GREAT UNCLE STARTED MITCHELL ...

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A young woman in a hoodie is hunched over her laptop, brow furrowed. To her right, a fellow student flips through a binder, carefully marking out sections in yellow ...

HISTORY. IT’S ONE OF TWO SCHOOLS IN THE STATE WITH A FUNERAL PROGRAM. AND NOW IT’S THE FIRST COLLEGE IN AMERICA WITH ITS OWN MORTUARY. YOU KNOW, THERE’S SO MUCH TO THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY. JUST THINK ...