圣安东尼奥学院 Opens Mortuary on Campus

圣安东尼奥学院 is now 首页 to the nation’s first mortuary on a college campus.

The 圣安东尼奥学院 Mortuary will be a full-service customer-facing funeral 首页, 包括一个可容纳60个座位的小教堂, 会议室及办公室, and a full array of burial and other mortuary services. The mortuary is located in the Ashby House on the SAC campus at 1819 N. 主要大街., according to Jennifer Floyd, director of mortuary operations SAC mortuary.   

Families using the chapel will be served by a licensed funeral director assisted by mortuary students.

SAC offers an associate of applied science in mortuary science, which includes funeral directing and 防腐 as well as a certification in funeral directing.

The mortuary was added to give SAC students experience with funeral directing. While students have an 防腐 facility in the Nail Technical Center, the addition of a mortuary gives them experience working directly with families in a funeral 首页 setting under the supervision of program faculty members, 谁都是有执照的葬礼承办人.

“Our focus will be on serving the families that come to us, but at the same time it’s going to be a training funeral 首页,弗洛伊德说. “We want to give the funeral directing students the same opportunities our 防腐 students have.”       

It’s another trailblazing moment for SAC’s mortuary sciences program. The new facility required a change in Texas law to allow funeral 首页s to be located on a college campus. Founded in 1961, SAC’s college-based funeral service education program was the first in Texas.

在学校太平间开放之前, funeral directing students gained experience through internships at local mortuaries. While students may still participate in internships off campus, the SAC Mortuary provides more opportunities to get real world experience.

“We’re seeing the funeral 首页 as a lab for our students,弗洛伊德说. “It’s a place where our students can practice how to present caskets to the public, to witness how we make arrangements for a grieving family, 我们怎么把棺材搬进教堂, all of those activities that they cannot do at other funeral 首页s.”

Prices for services and merchandise at the SAC Mortuary will be comparable to other funeral 首页s in the area, 弗洛伊德说. Clients will be able to choose from a full assortment of caskets, 骨灰盒, 还有殡仪馆的其他选择.

“Customers will have a lot of choices like they would at any other funeral 首页,弗洛伊德说.

There are currently 314 students in SAC’s mortuary sciences program, along with three full-time faculty members and one adjunct professor.

The first two semesters of the program focus on funeral directing, with the last two semesters dedicated to the science portion, 包括解剖学, 防腐, 微生物学与化学. Students who complete the program are eligible to take a national board exam that allows them to work in funeral 首页s and with additional experience, 获得完全许可.

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