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imprint | Summer 2026

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Dean Linda Kean

Hello! from Dean Linda Kean.

Many of our students and faculty have been away from campus for the summer, but these months have been anything but boring!

In addition to the great student, faculty, and alumni activities you’ll see below, we also celebrated and honored two people who have dedicated decades to supporting the arts. We honored Rudy Alexander by adding his name to the Wright Auditorium Green Room, and remembered the late Charles Stephen Alford with the dedication of a rehearsal room at Fletcher Music Center.

Scholarships are being set up in both Rudy and Charles’ names, to benefit our music students as they learn and grow in their passions while at ECU. We are grateful for this support for the musical arts, and for our students.

I look forward to welcoming everyone back to campus very soon, and wish you a wonderful end of summer!

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