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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.
  ABFSE meets in Nashville, TN and Dallas, TX
The American Board of Funeral Service Education held its 2021-22 meetings in Nashville, TN on
October 13-16, 2021 and in Dallas, TX on April 5-8, 2022.
Representatives from 25 ABFSE programs attended meetings of the Executive Committee,
Committee on Accreditation and a Self study Workshop in Nashville. The ABFSE Annual Meeting
was in Dallas with representatives from 49 schools in attendance and 9 participating via webcast hosted by Tribucast.
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About Embalming: History, theory, practice
(available March 2022)
Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice
Sixth Edition: 9781260010077:
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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
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Embalming Textbook -
Click here for details
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Annual ABFSE Curriculum Review
Each year the Hilgenfeld Family Foundation for Mortuary Education sponsors the ABFSE Curriculum Review Workshop. Tidewater
Community College served as host for the 2022 ABFSE curriculum review session June 2-4, 2022. The curriculum outlines for Merchandising, Business Law and Ethics were evaluated. Click here for more details.
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Meet the Scholarship Recipients
In the past academic year, ABFSE received 70 scholarship inquiries (68 undergrad and 2 post-grad in April 2022. Five (5)
undergraduate scholarships were awarded for a total of $11,000. Meet our recipients. Scholarships are made possible due to the generosity of the Scholarship Sponsors recognized below.
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Robert Bergman
Worsham College of Mortuary
Science
Wheeling, IL
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Ashton Camerot
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science
Pittsburgh,
PA
View bio here
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Jessica de Jesus
Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, OR
View bio here
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Kami Gremillion
Cypress College
Cypress, CA
View bio here
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Tammy Truong
Carl Sandburg College
Galesburg, IL
View bio here
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Colleagues in the News
Activity abounds at the ABFSE accredited schools and programs.
Click the links below to read more about special events and announcements.
San Antonio College receives Aspen Institute prize for 2021 Community College Excellence.
President of AAMI discusses nationwide enrollment trends
Connick discusses declining enrollment in Director.edu
San Antonio College
https://therivardreport.com/sac-mortuary-science-students-focus-on-helping-families-amid-grief
University of District of Columbia Community College
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2018/12/10/feature/handle-with-care
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ABFSE Fall Calendar
Click here for details
September 30, 2022
Town
Hall
Click for details
September 30, 2022
Curriculum outlines
comments due
October 8, 2022
Strategic Planning-Baltimore, MD
October 9, 2022
Self study Workshop
October 19-20, 2022
COA in
Chicago, IL
October 21, 2022
Executive Committee (via zoom)
November 2, 2022
Assessment Workshop
Details t/b/a
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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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