Lincoln University: Dr. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey’s Emails Allege ‘Harassment And Bullying’ Suffered Before Suicide, School President Blamed

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01/12/2024

KOMU
reports
that
on
Friday,
Lincoln
University
President
Dr.
John
B.
Moseley
was
placed
on
paid
administrative
leave
after
facing
calls
for
removal.

Stevie
Lawrence
II,
current
provost
and
vice
president
of
academic
affairs,
will
serve
as
acting
president
while
a
review
takes
place.

“As
a
Board,
we
are
committed
to
make
certain
the
mental
health
of
Lincoln
University
employees
is
a
priority
and
that
every
employee
is
always
treated
with
dignity
and
respect,”
said
Board
of
Curators
President
Victor
Pasley
in
a

press
release.

“The
Board
has
confidence
in
the
leadership
team
we
have
at
Lincoln,
but
as
we
all
work
together
to
serve
students
and
the
Lincoln
University
community,
this
review
will
fully
examine
important
questions,
concerns
and
gather
facts.
Dr.
Moseley
agrees
those
issues
should
be
examined
and
has
volunteered
to
go
on
leave
during
the
review
so
that
it
can
move
forward
in
a
fully
independent
way.”

LU
alumni
are
still
calling
for
the
removal
of
Moseley
using
the
hashtags
#FireMosely
on
social
media.

Below
this
line,
the
original
story
begins.

___________________________

Source:
Lincoln
University
/
Lincoln
Univ.

Dr.
Antoinette
“Bonnie”
Candia-Bailey,
Vice
President
of
Lincoln
University
in
Jefferson
City,
Missouri,

took
her
own
life
on
Jan.
8,
2023,
and
the
school’s
president
Dr.
John
Moseley
is
taking
vitriolic
backlash
for
“allegedly”
playing
a
major
role
in
Candia-Bailey’s
self-inflicted
death.
So
much
so
that
people
are
calling
for
him
to

resign
from
his
position
at
the
school.

According
to
new
reports
in

KRGCTV,
newly
revealed
emails
sent
by
Dr.
Candia-Bailey
on
the
day
she
died
paint
Moseley
as
a
man
who
caused
“harm
and
mental
damage.”

Monica
Graham
has
been
one
of
Candia-Bailey’s
closest
friends
since
college
and
she
says
that
despite
always
having
a
smile,
upbeat
attitude,
and
willingness
to
sacrifice
for
her
friends,
something
in
her
friend
changed
after
becoming
Lincoln’s
VP
in
May
2023.

“I
was
literally
just
with
her
at
homecoming
and
she
was
like
‘I’m
just
trying
to
make
it
through.’”
said
Shaunice
Hill,
another
close
friend
of
Candia-Bailey’s.
“Her
whole
demeanor
had
changed.
Yes,
she
was
still
smiling,
but
you
could
tell
that
something
was
off
–
something
was
different.”

One
of
the
emails
Dr.
Bailey
sent
that
fateful
day
was
to
the
board
of
curators
requesting
a
Family
Medical
Leave
under
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act.
She
stated
that
her
depression
and
anxiety
had
sent
her
relationship
with
Moseley
“downhill”
and
complained
about
the
way
she
was
treated
by
the
board.
Dr.
Bailey
went
on
to
say
that
she
was
given
a
poor
evaluation
and
was
“intentionally
harassed
and
bullied”
with
no
professional
recourse.

Her
final
email
was
one
of
the
most
damning.
It
pointed
a
finger
directly
at
Moseley
as
the
source
of
her
pain
and
agony.

In
her
final
email
to
Moseley
on
the
day
of
her
death,
Candia-Bailey
also
asked
for
only
select
members
of
her
sorority
to
be
allowed
to
collect
her
things,
saying,
“Rose
Ann
can
speak
with
my
family
from
the
administration.
You
are
not
to
have
any
contact.
You’ve
caused
enough
harm
and
mental
damage.”

Rest
in
peace
to
Dr.
Antoinette
“Bonnie”
Candia-Bailey.
Dr.
John
Moseley
has
a
whole
lot
of
explaining
to
do!