Null-coalescing and Ternary operator

There is a smarter way of avoiding null values in string assignment. Many of us use Ternary, Format etc. to handle this.

string studentHobbies = (txtHobbies.Text != null) ? txtHobbies.Text : string.Empty;

can be written smartly using null-coalescing operator (??) as-

string studentHobbies = txtHobbies.Text ?? string.Empty;