June 2018

Page A41 JUNE 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A News Educational ContinueD ABFSE holds 56 th Annual Conference in Anaheim, California Pictured (L to R) Jzyk Ennis, President, Jefferson State Community College; Francisco Solis, Past-President administered the Oath of Office, San Antonio College; Jolena Grande, Vice President, Cypress College; and Karl Kann, Immediate Past President, Worsham College. Not pictured David Martin, Secretary/ Treasurer, Piedmont Technical College. WOODBURY HEIGHTS,NJ— American Board of Fu- neral Service Education president Karl Kann (Worsham College, Wheeling, IL) presided over the ABFSE Annual Meeting during the organization’s 56th Annual Confer- ence in Anaheim, CA. Cypress College, Cypress, CA was the host school during the conference which ran from April 10-14, 2018. Pro- gram director Jolena Grande, Lori Collins, Damon de la Cruz, David McCament and Stephen Nichols repre- sented Cypress College throughout the conference. Forty-four of the 57 currently accredited programs of funeral service/mortuary science in the United States at- tended the Annual Conference along with representa- tives of the four association members, National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association (NFDMA), International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (IC- CFA) and Cremation As- sociation of North America (CANA) and two candi- date programs. New officers were elected to lead ABFSE for 2018- 2020. President is Jzyk Ennis, Jefferson State Com- munity College, Birming- ham, AL; Vice-President, Jolena Grande, Cypress College, Cypress, CA; and Secretary/Treasurer, David Martin, Piedmont Techni- cal College, Greenwood, SC. Mark Evely, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI was elected as chair- person of the Committee on Accreditation and John Fritch, University of Cen- tral Oklahoma, Edmond, OK will lead the College and University Council. ABFSE Committee on Accreditation (COA) re- viewed specific accred- itation activities of 14 programs along with grad- uation rates, NBE pass rates and job placement Continued on Page A45