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Michigan Radio: Mortuary Science alumni Tyler Bernstein and Thomas Lynch discuss life as funeral directorsIn "Comfort during sorrow: The peaks and valleys of life as a funeral director," Tyler Bernstein '18 and Thomas Lynch '73, a semi-retired funeral director for Lynch & Sons Funeral Home in Milford, exchange advice and discuss what attracted them to the profession.
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MLive: Mortuary science students could legally practice embalming under bill headed to governorMark Evely, mortuary science program director at Wayne State University, told lawmakers at the hearing it’s “difficult, if not impossible” for a mortuary science student to be a resident trainee while enrolled in courses due to the requirement that resident trainees work full time.
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Students honor 234 lives at Body Bequest Program memorial serviceOn May 17, the chapel at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Novi overflowed with Wayne State University students and the loved ones of the men and women who donated their bodies through the Body Bequest Program for education in medicine, mortuary science, pathologists' assistant, nurse anesthesia and more. The students and families gathered in the space to celebrate the lives of 234 people at the 22nd annual memorial service, which is held to pay respects to the donors and includes the internment of their cremated remains.
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Death in the family: Mortuary Science alumnus extends rich funeral home traditionStephen Kemp Jr. '18 is enlisted in a decades-long tradition of family-run and -owned African-American funeral homes in Detroit.
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MLive: WSU Mortuary Science alumnus Michael B. Johnson honored as 2019 Giant Among GiantsMichael B. Johnson Sr., a Wayne State University EACPHS Mortuary Science alumnus, has been named 2019's Giant Among Giants in the annual Grand Rapids Community College awards program.
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Trends in Forensic Science conference is WSU, University of Windsor collaborationOn Tuesday, April 2, forensic investigators, academic researchers, faculty and students from the United States and Canada will converge at the University of Windsor (UW) for the sixth annual Trends in Forensic Science conference, a collaboration between UW and the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
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Michigan Chronicle: The founding of Detroit’s oldest black-owned funeral parlorIn the first of a four-part series, Michigan Chronicle reporter Branden Hunter takes an in-depth look at the founding of the James H. Cole Funeral Home, which celebrates its centennial this year and has deep ties to Wayne State's mortuary science program.
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Mortuary Science building open house Nov. 15 to showcase Applied Health Sciences programsStudents, alumni and the community at large are invited to tour the four-floor Mortuary Science building on Nov. 15. The building is home to advanced teaching and research resources in pathology, anatomy, restorative arts and clinical laboratory science.
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Students, community invited to explore Mortuary Science building at Nov. 15 open houseStudents, alumni and the community at large are invited to tour the four-floor facility on Nov. 15. The Mortuary Science building is home to advanced teaching and research resources in embalming, pathology, anatomy, restorative arts and clinical laboratory science.
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Mortuary Science program to offer online degree pathIn fall 2018, Wayne State University’s Mortuary Science program will introduce an online bachelor’s geared toward students who require a flexible academic schedule due to work-life commitments.