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

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 ...

For a woman whose business is death and dying, mortuary science professor Jody LaCourt has a surprisingly sunny disposition. LaCourt, a University alumna, teaches restorative art and embalming theory ...

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 ...

Some might find it morbid, but more and more students are enrolling in Embalming I and other funeral service classes at schools for mortuary science. Hot television shows such as “Six Feet Under” ...

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 ...

Ivy Tech Community College will train students for a profession that's, well, to die for. No, not another degree in technology or biosciences. Try mortuary sciences. As this and other postsecondary ...

FREDERICK -- James W. Lowry, 63, has been hanging around the dead since he was a curious 12-year-old. The Charleston, W. Va.-based embalmer was in Frederick on Saturday and Sunday giving presentations ...