How to Become a Mortician, Embalmer or Funeral Director

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

UMN Mortuary Science Program educates students both in and out of the classroom

When thinking about what she wanted to do with her life, April Gentling believed she was going to go into law enforcement. Now a first-year student in the University of Minnesota’s Program of Mortuary ...
KFVS12

SIU becomes first university-based mortuary science program with on-site crematory in the U.S.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - SIU recently acquired the first university-housed crematory for its mortuary science and funeral services bachelor’s degree program. According to a release from SIU ...
The Southern Illinoisan

SIU mortuary science program adds crematory

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale was already home to one of the most prestigious and unique mortuary science programs in the nation. With the addition of an on-site crematory, the program ...
KSAT

Mortuary science students at SAC worried about program’s future after 3 instructors gone

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 ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Mortuary science program receives full re- accreditation status

Ivy Tech Northwest has received full re-accreditation for its mortuary science program. The full re-accreditation is for seven years and is the maximum amount of time granted for accreditation by the ...
San Antonio Express-News

Upheaval at SAC’s mortuary science program: College upbeat, students uncertain

San Antonio College soon will expand its mortuary science department into a new building and is hiring faculty, even as some fear the long-respected 62-year-old program is in disarray. Two popular ...