Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

UC Merced taps NBC news anchor

NBC journalist Lester Holt was selected to speak at the next commencement for the University of California at Merced.

Holt, the weekend anchor for "NBC Nightly News," has traveled the world as a war correspondent, reporting from many of the world's centers of crisis. In 2006, he covered the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Holt visited Merced in May to report on first lady Michelle Obama's speech to the first graduating class of UC Merced students.