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Kim McGrath

Senior Director, News and Public Relations

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Kim McGrath

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


The ROAD Act will shield America’s most vulnerable families

Following overwhelming, bipartisan passage in both the House and Senate, the 21st Century ROAD (Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream) to Housing Act is poised to become the most significant piece of federal housing legislation in decades. While national media coverage has largely focused on macroeconomic numbers and housing supply incentives, Wake Forest University housing…

Categories: Experts


Measuring success by the spaces we create

As they cross the stage at commencement, Wake Forest graduates are celebrated for their academic achievements and personal successes. But during her May 18 speech to the Class of 2026, Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, challenged grads to consider a different metric for success – the…

Categories: Happening at Wake


Why gas prices are hard to predict

Gasoline prices have entered a period of extreme volatility. While the headlines are full of forecasts, Wake Forest University economist Robert Whaples says the most honest answer an expert can give is that the future is a moving target. “Oil prices are very hard to predict,” says Whaples. “If you ask an expert what will…

Categories: Experts


Will ‘Michael’ be the biopic to save the box office?

As the highly anticipated release of "Michael" approaches on April 24, the film industry is watching closely to see if the new movie about the "King of Pop" can do what recent biopics of Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin could not: dominate the global box office long-term. Phillip Lamarr Cunningham, an assistant professor of Media…

Categories: Experts