Sept 23, 2014: NBC Philadelphia: TODAY Show's Hoda Kotb "Shines a Light" on CHOP
TODAY Show host Hoda Kotb is looking or your help as she spotlights childhood cancer in an effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society as part of the TODAY’s “Shine a Light” campaign.
TODAY Show host Hoda Kotb is looking or your help as she spotlights childhood cancer in an effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society as part of the TODAY’s “Shine a Light” campaign.
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Aug 7, 2014: New York Daily News: 50 reasons we love Hoda Kotb
A few of our favorite things about the 'Today' show's birthday girl (and, along with Kathie Lee Gifford, Daily News columnist) Mar 24, 2014: Huffington Post: Who Is Hoda Kotb Dating?
Hoda Kotb talked about the mystery man she is dating on Monday's "Today." Jan 10, 2014: Inquistr: Hoda Kotb Making Music Video To Help Kids Fighting Cancer
Hoda plans to help out children being treated at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital by making a music video featuring them, saying it will be “an anthem about being brave and being strong.” |
Kotb was born in Norman, Oklahoma, but grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia. Her parents are from Egypt. Kotb and her family lived in Egypt for a year, as well as in Nigeria. In Arabic, the name "Hoda" means "guidance", and is very popular among Arab women. The surname "Kotb" (Qutb) means "pole", as in North or South Pole, and is a common surname among Egyptians. For a period during her career, she spelled her surname Kotbe to aid in pronunciation; she has since reverted to using the original form, Kotb. In 1986, she graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism. She is a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
She was the keynote speaker at her alma mater for the 2008 Virginia Tech graduation, where she played Metallica's "Enter Sandman" over her iPod. In 2010, she was elected to a three-year term to the Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Hoda wrote a New York Times Bestselling Book, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee, which was released in hardcover in October 2010. On January 15, 2013, she released her second book Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives, in which she chronicles six stories by identifying a game-changing event in her subjects’ lives and then revisiting those lives a decade later. Kotb appears on the fourth hour of the Today Show. She co-hosts along with Kathie Lee Gifford. She has also been a correspondent for Dateline NBC since 1998.
She was the keynote speaker at her alma mater for the 2008 Virginia Tech graduation, where she played Metallica's "Enter Sandman" over her iPod. In 2010, she was elected to a three-year term to the Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Hoda wrote a New York Times Bestselling Book, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee, which was released in hardcover in October 2010. On January 15, 2013, she released her second book Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives, in which she chronicles six stories by identifying a game-changing event in her subjects’ lives and then revisiting those lives a decade later. Kotb appears on the fourth hour of the Today Show. She co-hosts along with Kathie Lee Gifford. She has also been a correspondent for Dateline NBC since 1998.
