{"id":31473,"date":"2023-08-15T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=31473"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T23:58:38","slug":"go-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2023\/08\/go-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Go do it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Whether she\u2019s working in Antarctica, fighting fires out West or metalworking in Grand Forks, Trudy Schunck turns visions into reality<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31474\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/230728-lia-trudy-6425-billboard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/230728-lia-trudy-6425-billboard.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/230728-lia-trudy-6425-billboard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/230728-lia-trudy-6425-billboard-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UND student Trudy Schunck works full time at the campus steam plant during the night, while taking classes during the day. UND photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After starting a degree in natural resources nearly 20 years ago, Trudy Schunck is at UND to finish what she started. Her interlude began with fighting fire.<\/p>\n<p>For almost a decade, she spent the summer months in the American West, protecting resources in nearly every state. 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