Hoda Kotb, Dateline NBC correspondent and co-anchor of NBC’s Today show, will address Virginia Tech’s Class of 2008 during University Commencement exercises Friday, May 9, at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field. The University Commencement ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m.

“We are extremely pleased that Hoda Kotb will deliver this year’s university commencement address,” said Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger. “Her distinguished career as a broadcast journalist and her many professional accomplishments will certainly inspire our graduates.”

A graduate of Virginia Tech’s communications program in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Kotb recently visited Virginia Tech when she served as master of ceremonies at “The Campaign for Virginia Tech: Invent the Future” kickoff event last October.