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Welcome
The American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE)
The ABFSE
serves as the national academic accreditation agency for college and university programs in Funeral Service and Mortuary Science Education. Although its roots go back to the
1940's, the ABFSE became an autonomous agency in 1962. The accrediting function of ABFSE is recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education
Accreditation.
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 Accreditation
COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED.
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Review of Standards
ABFSE engages in a review of the Accreditation Standards every five (5) years. The process was initiated in summer/fall
2022 and recommended changes were presented for comment.
Acceptance of the Accreditation Standards was finalized at the COA Meeting in April 2024.
Click here for Standards (PDF) - effective January 1, 2025
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 About Embalming: History, theory, practice
(available March 2022)
Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice
Sixth Edition: 9781260010077:
Medicine - Health Science Books @ Amazon.com
To obtain instructor resources for Embalming: History, Theory, and
Practice, 6e, email Sydney Keen (sydney.keen@mheducation.com)
Download Press Release (PDF)
How to order from Amazon
www.amazon.com
Embalming Textbook - Click here for details
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Meet the Scholarship Recipients
In the past academic year, ABFSE received 78 undergraduate scholarship inquiries in October 2025. Four (4) Graduate scholarship applications were received.
Eight (8) undergraduate scholarships were awarded for a total of $12,500.
Four (4) Larry Cleveland Graduate Scholarships were awarded for a total of $8,000.
Meet our recipients. Scholarships are made possible due to the generosity of the Scholarship Sponsors recognized below.
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Shannen Camp
Salt Lake Community College
Undergrad
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Elijah Frieson
Mercer College
Undergrad
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Cassie Balfanz
Worsham College
Undergrad
View bio here
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Kaitlynn Ross
Worsham College
Undergrad
View bio here
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Monica Weisfeld
Worsham College
Undergrad
View bio here
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Andrea Hardesty
Carl Sandberg
College
Undergrad
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Latoia Russell
Mid-America
Undergrad
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Rosa Soiparz
Carl Sandberg College
Undergrad
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Brittany Carrington
NE Texas Community College
Graduate
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Stephanie Kelly
Salt Lake Community College
Graduate
View bio here
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Kelly McBride
San Antonio College
Graduate
View bio here
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Jennifer Sheehan
Piedmont Technical College
Graduate
View bio here
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 The National
Scholarship Program
of the American
Board of Funeral Service Education provides financial awards to students enrolled in funeral service
or mortuary science programs to assist them in obtaining their professional education.
Apply for your Scholarship Online!
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Kelly McBride
San Antonio College
Graduate
View bio here
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