A death can feel catastrophic and overwhelming, not only for mourners who loved the deceased person but also for anyone outside the loss who understands the pain it has caused. That is one of the most ...

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 ...

Virtual Reality labs in the University of Minnesota Health Science Library allow students in mortuary science to explore end-of-life situations. Professor of Mortuary Sciences Janet McGee has required ...

CYPRESS – Glenn Bower can talk funerals for hours. His tone isn’t somber, either. The funeral director mostly smiles and enthuses while describing his profession. Bower’s job is more than an ...

For well over a century, the University of Minnesota’s Program of Mortuary Science has excelled in training students for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...