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Emma Spalding

Oct 1, 2026

2:45
It was so lovely to see that on your bio.
2:47
Yeah.
2:48
Wonderful.
2:48
Similar to Whitney, I've had a winding path to get where I am, but it started in undergrad, as many of us do, of having a wonderful experience with some great student affairs professionals on campus and planting the seed that I maybe wanted to go into this field.
3:03
I took a few years off after undergrad before I ended up going to get my master's in higher education at the University of Denver.
3:10
And while I was there, a graduate assistant position opened up the Bacchus Initiatives of NASPA.
3:16
Previously, the Bacchus Initiatives was a standalone nonprofit that merged with NASPA in 2014.

23 MINS LATER

26:03
And I do think that's the much harder conversation.

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