The mission of Mid-America College of Funeral Service is to provide a contemporary education for those having chosen funeral service as their life's work that will enable the student to become a successful entry-level funeral service practitioner by:

	inspiring in each student a desire to achieve proficiency and efficiency in the practical skills of embalming and restorative art, and
	preparing each student to become an effective funeral home manager or owner with acquired management skills firmly conceived in proven, successful business fundamentals, principles and practices, and
	promoting within each student a better understanding of the complexities and dynamics of grief, the ability to better anticipate the needs of those bereaved, and to more fully appreciate the role and central value of the funeral service practitioner as a caregiver in the community.

Mid-America College of Funeral Service in a non-profit corporation offering post-secondary education to men and women interested in funeral service as a career.

The aims and objectives of this institution relate specifically to the mission of educating and training the student for his or her life's work in funeral service and are dedicated to the ideals that all students:

	reach their full potential through service to their fellow man
	develop a high self-enrichment by becoming vocationally, socially and morally competent
	improve self-discipline as they strive to accomplish their goals through individual effort and group cooperation.

The goals of Mid-America College of Funeral Service promote the achievement of institutional aims and objectives. To that end, the College will strive to:

	provide a modern curriculum equitable for the advancement of funeral service education.
	fulfill our obligation to the community, our students, graduates and to the funeral service profession.
	maintain high standards in the areas of academics and in basic skills and techniques.
	provide each student with the opportunity to develop the technical skills necessary as a foundation for success in funeral service.
	encourage students to take an active role in the programs of their communities and their places of worship.
	develop in the student an understanding of and appreciation for his responsibilities regarding moral and ethical conduct, reverence for the dead, protecting the public health as well as his own, and showing proper dignity, sympathy, efficiency and confidence as he serves his community.
	create in each student an on-going desire for professional growth through continuing education and graduate development.
	provide each student a basic understanding of human behavior and the practical application of that understanding to self and others.
	develop in each student a sense of responsibility toward the funeral service profession and to society.
	cooperate fully with the profession, its organizations and agencies, in any noble efforts which result in the advancement of the funeral service profession, licensure requirements and research in the arts and sciences relative to the profession.

Mid-America College of Funeral Service
3111 Hamburg Pike, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130
(812) 288-8878 or (800) 221-6158  Fax (812) 288-5942
E-Mail macfs@mindspring.com
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