Kim McGrath

Director, News and Communications

With nearly 25 years experience in public relations, targeted marketing, editing, writing, project management and content creation, Kim has spent her career cultivating and maintaining close and productive relationships as a communications professional. She has 18 years of higher education experience with Wake Forest.

Kim connects Wake Forest’s leadership and experts to trends in personal and career development, employment, mentoring, internships, economics, global issues, and arts and culture. She enjoys showcasing the role higher education plays in developing communities, workplaces and the world.

In addition, Kim manages social media @WakeForestNews and @InsideWFU.

Kim earned her B.A. in English from Loyola University in Maryland.


Stories by Kimberly


Wake Forest students shine at URECA Day

Anthropology major Annelise Witcher offers a welcoming smile as passers-by stroll through row after row of posters on easels. At her feet are several 3D models of objects from the Lam Museum of Anthropology. She and her mentor Andrew Gurstelle, the museum's director, created these in part to increase accessibility for museum visitors. “Go ahead,…


WFU in the news: Sept. 2-8, 2024

Trump to appeal to emotions in debate, but Kamala has the most at stakeRádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)For Nate French, a political communications expert and professor of communication, Harris's main disadvantage is that she will be on "the center stage, where she hasn't been for some time. "She is not new to politics, but…