mortuary students

Can new regulations bring new people into our fold?

By Funeral Director Daily / April 18, 2023 /

      A lot of professions are struggling with people joining their ranks.  And, from my point of view it seems to be that society is  lacking staffing in the categories that are highly “hands on” in human care. . . .which would include funeral directors and embalmers.   There are probably many reasons…

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Mortuary school enrollment jumps 24% in 2021, even bigger jump expected this year

By Funeral Director Daily / September 19, 2022 /

One of the few positives to come out of the Covid-19 pandemic may be the way that funeral directors were perceived by the public.  There’s no doubt that during the pandemic funeral directors were seen as unselfish heroes in many communities for the way they handled the high number of deaths. And it may be,…

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Student debt affects mortuary students and mortuary workers as well

By Funeral Director Daily / January 28, 2021 /

While I have not stayed up to date on the federal government dictates of the Biden administration, the moratorium on student debt payment is, I believe, ending on February 1, and may be extended.  The moratorium program has proven to be well received, as according to the article mentioned in the next paragraph, almost 90%…

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Afternoon edition: Funeral director becomes WNBA’s all-time leading rebounder

By Funeral Director Daily / July 30, 2020 /

We’ve got plenty of stories to tell you this afternoon, however, we felt that “topping our charts” was this article from ESPN.com that that chronicles a Tuesday night game in which  WNBA player Sylvia Fowles became the all-time leading rebounder in the history of that basketball league.  Sports leading Funeral Director Daily headlines?? The fact…

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Here’s Some Good News — Mortuary Student enrollment Up. . . In New Zealand

By Funeral Director Daily / September 17, 2018 /

It is no secret that many funeral homes in the United States are searching for additional staff.  It also appears that those institutions that instruct in Mortuary Science are having a hard time attracting students, probably somewhat due to the otherwise booming American economy. In an article and video that you can read and see…

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The Growing Numbers of Women Funeral Directors

By Funeral Director Daily / March 8, 2018 /

I came across an article the other day  on nextavenue.org that you can read here pertaining to the growing number of women who are entering the funeral director field.  The article focused on funeral director Jan Smith of Indianapolis who attended mortuary school in the 1990s.  Ms. Smith recalls that the number of females in…

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Mortuary Science Student Named 2017 WNBA MVP

By Funeral Director Daily / September 20, 2017 /

If you live in Minnesota like I do you are very aware of the WNBA.  The WNBA, or Women’s National Basketball Association, is the summer – and female – version of the NBA.  Our hometown, Minnesota Lynx have been National Champions three times.  This year our Lynx are in the play-off process right now and…

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