BLACKSBURG, Va., April 28 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
The path to the network televisionanchor desk didn't come quickly or easily for Hoda Kotb '86, well-known former "Today" show anchor. She had more than 20 rejections from television stations throughout the country before landing her first job as a reporter in Greenville, Mississippi.
What she learned from that journey and subsequent steps in her life has carried her throughout her career.
"The road is littered with people who quit," Kotb told students in Haymarket Theatre during a visit to the Blacksburg campus on Monday, April 27. "If you don't quit, there is open road."
Kotb made a half day trip to talk with students in...