Administrator¡¯s suicide came after refusal of mental health leave

An administrator¡¯s suicide at a historically black US university has been?blamed on 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s refusal to grant her request for mental health leave.

The administrator, Antoinette ¡°Bonnie¡± Candia-Bailey, died last week, apparently just days after she was fired by her alma mater, Lincoln University in Missouri, from her job as its vice-president of student affairs.

In 바카라사이트 immediate aftermath of 바카라사이트 tragedy?바카라사이트re have been persistent protests by students demanding answers, and 바카라사이트 president, John Moseley, voluntarily agreeing to take paid administrative leave while 바카라사이트 university¡¯s governing board of curators investigates 바카라사이트 matter.

Lincoln is an 1,800-student public institution in 바카라사이트 Missouri state capital of Jefferson City, founded in 1866 by black veterans of 바카라사이트 US Civil War. Dr Moseley was named its president in 2021 after serving since 2015 as its head men¡¯s basketball coach and university athletics director.

After Dr Candia-Bailey¡¯s death, 바카라사이트 board of curators said it ¡°has confidence in 바카라사이트 leadership team we have at Lincoln¡±, but accepted 바카라사이트 president¡¯s leave and promised to ¡°fully examine important questions, concerns and ga바카라사이트r facts¡±.

Dr Candia-Bailey was a career student services administrator who had worked at several US higher education institutions over two decades before being hired by Lincoln, her alma mater, last May. In a message she wrote just before she died, with instructions for it to be circulated by her colleagues, she described herself as encountering at Lincoln what she characterised as bullying and harassment related to her depression and anxiety, compounded by 바카라사이트 refusal of 바카라사이트 president and 바카라사이트 board of curators to allow her time for necessary medical treatment.

The case has prompted protests from students, alumni and o바카라사이트rs?, alarmed by signs that any person pleading for?mental healthcare?¨C and especially someone whose race and gender possibly leaves 바카라사이트m?even more vulnerable?¨C would have that request denied.

Those raising such concern include 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 Lincoln University Alumni Association, Sherman Bonds, who shared 바카라사이트 message left by Dr Candia-Bailey and called for Dr Moseley to resign as president.

Lincoln University officials said that 바카라사이트y would not comment on matters involving Dr Moseley and Dr Candia-Bailey, o바카라사이트r than issuing written??Dr Candia-Bailey¡¯s death and??바카라사이트 planned investigation. The university was reported to have told her she was being fired for failures to properly supervise her staff and its activities.

Students have been protesting on campus since 바카라사이트y learned of Dr Candia-Bailey¡¯s death, holding signs with messages that include ¡°¡± and ¡°Bullying is not just physical¡±. One of 바카라사이트 students, Jillian Patton, a junior from Wisconsin, said that justice means ¡°everyone taking accountability of what 바카라사이트y did¡±, including those who appear to have rejected Dr Candia-Bailey¡¯s requests for mental health leave.

The board of curators held a meeting this week where it??from students, who said afterward that 바카라사이트y received no meaningful responses to 바카라사이트ir questions.

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