Jada Sayles is pictured receiving her diploma at a hospital on May 15, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Credit: Dillard University/Adria Kimbrough, Esq.
via Storyful) NEW ORLEANS - When a college student went into labor just hours before her graduation ceremony, the university stepped up in a big way — bringing a private ceremony to the new mother’s hospital room.
Jada Sayles went into labor and was eventually admitted to the hospital around 4:30 a.m. local time on May 14, which was the same day as her graduation from Dillard University, a private, historically Black university in New Orleans.
Dilliard University’s outgoing president, Dr. Walter M Kimbrough, shared a post about the touching weekend, saying he was in contact with Sayles and decided to bring the graduation ceremony to her the next day."Texted me around 4:30 am Saturday saying she was being admitted, & the baby was born on her graduation day, May 14th.