Weekly News Update From the National Center for College Students with Disabilities Last Week's Top News Stories about Disability and Higher Education January 14-20, 2024 * **Content warning** The Vice President of Student Affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri died by suicide and left a letter claiming the president bullied her<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2024/01/12/lincoln-university-administrators-suicide-roils?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=1b793d9ccf-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-1b793d9ccf-225808461&mc_cid=1b793d9ccf&mc_eid=d5645fe552> while she was suffering from depression and anxiety, leading to national conversations about Black women in academia and White leaders at HBCUs. (A follow-up story is at https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/historically-black-missouri-college-turmoil-after-suicide-administrator-106522756). * Aria Mia Loberti of All the Light We Cannot See<https://ew.com/golden-globes-2024-all-the-light-we-cannot-see-star-aria-mia-loberti-red-carpet-guide-dog-8423341> became the first person to walk the red carpet with a guide dog for the blind; she is a doctoral student in ancient rhetoric at Pennsylvania State University<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria_Mia_Loberti>. * She had cancer and a stroke in college, and now Dr. Diana Cejas uses her experience<https://www.teenvogue.com/story/doctor-diana-cejas-interview?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tv&utm_mailing=TNV_Take122324&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=62d194a36010b0ca4d03f543&cndid=70289449&hasha=2c847bfc20787460a7db69cb2860f55f&hashb=efaf98205061113c7ebe95837db066fcaa2aa8e5&hashc=b4d6e10b3b78c7eccd7d480eae40f8d2f2f188bf515af18ffbaa034740e24001&esrc=subscribe-page&utm_term=TNV_Take> as a disabled Black Latina physician to advocate for students and doctors with disabilities. * The anime movie A Sign of Affection is about a Deaf and hearing college student is now available in the U.S. at Crunchyroll.<https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GEXH3W2V7/a-sign-of-affection> * The Biden Administration is working to extend TRIO<https://www.campusreform.org/article/biden-admin-seeks-to-extend-federal-college-prep-programs-to-illegal-immigrants/24686> college prep programs to undocumented immigrants; TRIO works with low-income, first-generation, and disabled students. * A German disability activist is commuting between Ireland and Germany<https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2024/01/07/student-has-no-option-but-to-commute-between-germany-and-ireland-due-to-gap-in-disability-support/> to attend University College Cork in Ireland; she will lose her disability funding if she moves to another country. * L.A. high school students ask why some college admissions departments won't accept American Sign Language<https://highschool.latimes.com/jserra-catholic-high-school/culture-over-country-why-american-sign-language-deserves-a-place-in-foreign-language-curriculum/> as fulfillment of high school foreign language requirements. * Medical students with disabilities are 70% more likely to burnout<https://news.yale.edu/2024/01/10/medical-students-disabilities-are-higher-risk-burnout-peers> than nondisabled peers, but the risk increases if they have multiple disabilities or are from other marginalized groups as well, according to a new Yale study. * The GW Disabled Student Collective is partnering with the campus Chronic Health Advocates<https://gwhatchet.com/2024/01/16/disability-advocacy-groups-partner-to-bring-greater-accessibility-to-gw/> to improve accessibility and to have Multicultural Student Services work on access issues, as well. Click here to subscribe to NCCSD Weekly News Updates and other announcements<https://ahead-listserve.org/mailman/listinfo/dream>. If you have any difficulty accessing the News Update, contact NCCSD@ahead.org<mailto:NCCSD@ahead.org>. The NCCSD does not endorse any opinions in these news articles, nor does it guarantee accessibility of external sites. If you cannot access articles, we encourage you to contact your campus library for assistance. The NCCSD is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration, which collaborates with the Association on Higher Education And Disability and other partners to increase the success of current and future college students with disabilities.