Photo Feature: Natasha Baker
Several senior journalism majors were assigned to spend some one-on-one time with a UD faculty or staff member to capture a profile feature. Check out other photo feature stories here.
Photos by Zoë Hill | News Editor
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Baker walked into her new office on her first day teaching at the University of Dayton to find a pin of Frenchman Joseph Ducreux laying in the middle of her desk.
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She has no idea who left the pin that reads “Disregard government, acquire liberty,” but she has held on to it for years.
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Hanging in frames above her desk are six of Baker’s greatest achievements: her three diplomas and her three children. She’s a Sinclair graduate and a two-time UD graduate.
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Baker has a crude coffee mug for every day of the week, but the story of the blue one comes with a story about an exhausting employee retreat in the middle of the woods.
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