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Kara Grady

Majoring in Environmental Science (Las)
Iowa State University, Class of 2021
From Fairfax, IA
I'm a junior at Iowa State University working towards a double major in environmental science and journalism. My goal as a writer is to communicate science to the public. I have written about the fair trade movement in the cotton industry, the after effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on marshland, and my own personal project, "Eco Woman", on various sectors of the sustainable movement. My plan as an environmental journalist include writing on topics such as climate change and the growing green economy. In my free time I'm writing a high fantasy book series and hanging out with my three sisters.
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Kara Grady earns Fall 2020 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Fall 2020 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students who were enrolled in at least 12 credit hours...

September, 22 2021 - Iowa State University
Kara Grady earns Spring 2021 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Spring 2021 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students who were enrolled in at least 12 credit hou...

September, 22 2021 - Iowa State University
Kara Grady earns Spring 2020 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Spring 2020 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students who were enrolled in at least 12 credit hou...

June, 30 2020 - Iowa State University
Kara Grady earns Fall 2019 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Fall 2019 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students who were enrolled in at least 12 credit hours...

February, 12 2020 - Iowa State University
Kara Grady earns Spring 2019 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Spring 2019 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students wh...

June, 17 2019 - Iowa State University
Kara Grady earns Fall 2018 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Fall 2018 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students who ...

February, 12 2019 - Iowa State University
Kara Grady earns Spring 2018 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Spring 2018 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students wh...

June, 13 2018 - Iowa State University
Kara Grady earns Fall 2017 Dean's List honors at Iowa State University

Kara Grady was named to the Fall 2017 Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. The Dean's List honors students who ...

January, 31 2018 - Iowa State University
iowa state envionmental science club
Secretary: I take attendance during every general meeting and notes during executive meetings.
Spring 2018 - Iowa State University
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Small Study Bible Group
I've participated in a small bible group for several semesters. We get together once a week to read bible sections and ask questions from materials provided by our leader.
Iowa State University
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Greenhouse Cleaner at Iowa State University Department of Horticulture

I wash down dirty floors, water plants, sweep the mechanical/equipment rooms, clean the head house, and take out the trash, recycling, and compost. I thought it would be a good job to get my foot in the door with lab work and do something closer to my intended field.

August 2018 - May 2019
Courtesy Clerk at Hyvee Grocery

As a clerk, I've bagged groceries, brought in carts, swept the floors, organized shelves, and helped customers find items they were looking for. I also ran back groceries that were unwanted or were damaged in some way. I've held this job on and off for a few years, mostly over school breaks.

September 2015 - Present
Concessions stand employee at Cedar Rapids Kernels

I served food, helped prepare food, served beer, and cleaned and shut down stands. I worked at the ice cream stand, general concessions stands, and Mexican stand.

June 2015 - August 2018
Media Image Analysis
This was a paper done for my introductory Women and Gender Studies Class. Our group had to pick a recent media image and analyze the ways it empowered or devalued women. We chose the Sun "Titsee" from 2016, an image that values women based on breast size alone.
April 2019 - Classwork
Thresholds in Marsh Resilience
In my energy and environment class, we had to pick a scientific report and explain its findings to an "average" audience. I chose a report focused on the coastal ecological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster of 2010 by Dr. Brian Silliman and his team. I broke down their methodology, findings, and analysis as well as my own opinion of their experiment and what could have perhaps improved their research.
March 2019 - Classwork
Fair Trade In India
10-page research report assigned for Globe 201 class. The prompt was if I was an employee with the FAO/US AID, and had to provide a report about a resource issue in a country/world region. I decided to focus on fair trade cotton production because I've purchased fair trade/organic clothes and wanted to learn more about the system.
Research Projects
Eco Woman
I've been doing independent research on sustainable alternatives to makeup, body care, clothes, and more for the last few years. I decided to make a presentation showcasing all of these resources to present at Environmental Science Club to help my fellow students learn about them. I've decided to ramp up the publicity of my presentation by doing a Facebook posts series and giving out pamphlets during my school's Live Green tabling event. I've also signed up for the sustainability board's Sci-Nite event and have been encouraged to start a Youtube channel or Instagram account.
Presentations
Blue Spotted Salamander
For our last project in biology lab, we had to present an endangered Iowan species. I picked the blue spotted salamander because I thought it had an interesting name and I had never heard of it before. I did an extra slide on products people could buy to help other endangered species.
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