Lincoln (Mo.) president on leave after administrator dies by suicide

A beloved Lincoln (Mo.) administrator’s premature demise has despatched shockwaves all through the varsity and led to requires the college president’s elimination.

Vice President of Pupil Affairs Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey died on Jan. 8, and in line with a report from HBCU Buzz, Candia-Bailey’s household confirmed her demise was by suicide introduced on by bullying and extreme mistreatment by college directors.

LUMO’s nationwide alumni affiliation president, Sherman L. Bonds wrote a letter to the varsity requesting the elimination of President John Moseley instantly.

“I discover myself standing within the state of hopelessness,” Bonds wrote. “Subsequently, my enchantment to you and the Board of Curators is to discover a decision that restores the consciousness of peace and therapeutic. As President of the Lincoln College (Nationwide) Alumni Affiliation, I’ve grow to be compelled to demand a change within the Workplace of Presidency of the College efficient instantly.”

Moseley beforehand served as head males’s basketball coach and athletic director from 2014-2021. He started serving as college president in 2022.

Reviews state that Bailey felt “unsupported, disregarded, and abused after numerous makes an attempt to talk out on the bullying and harassment she skilled in her position from President Moseley.”

Bailey additionally reportedly mentioned in a letter earlier than her demise relating to the “stigmatized bullying she confronted from the President and different management officers” after disclosing her psychological sickness to the college.

The LUMO group has taken to social media with the hashtag #FireMoseley to specific their heartbreak and outrage.

The college’s board of curators, its governing physique, is conducting a evaluate of Moseley, in line with USA Right this moment. Moseley, who’s white, “has volunteered to be positioned on paid, administrative go away whereas that evaluate is performed,” the board’s assertion says. The board plans to rent a “third-party knowledgeable” to do the probe.

“As a Board, we’re dedicated to make sure the psychological well being of Lincoln College workers is a precedence and that each worker is all the time handled with dignity and respect,” mentioned Board of Curators President Victor Pasley in a press release. “The Board has confidence within the management staff we’ve at Lincoln, however as all of us work collectively to serve college students and the Lincoln College group, this evaluate will totally look at necessary questions, considerations and collect details. Dr. Moseley agrees these points ought to be examined and has volunteered to go on go away through the evaluate in order that it may possibly transfer ahead in a totally unbiased method.”