Alumna Arlene Crescenzi Allen ’64 Leaves Gift of a Lifetime

在她的一生中，64岁的阿琳·克里森齐·艾伦喜欢帮助别人. 她全身心地投入到她的教学事业中，珍惜她在十大博彩推荐排名的教育.

So much so that she named Montclair in her will, 留下一份变革性的礼物，将为教育与参与学习学院(CEEL)教师教育项目的学生提供奖学金支持。. Allen passed in March 2023, and her generous bequest, recently received by Montclair State University Foundation, will extend her compassion for future generations.

作为一名英语专业的学生，艾伦认为十大博彩推荐排名为她的职业生涯做好了准备. 她在克拉克教育委员会教了37年英语和文学, much of it at Governor Livingston Regional High School. She retired in 2001 from Arthur L. Johnson High School, also in Clark.

“Arlene valued and thrived on mastering her learning,” says Myrtis Yake, who served with Allen on the CEEL advisory board. “她在十大博彩推荐排名的教育是她通往世界的大门——这是她年轻生命中的亮点.”

“When Arlene spoke about her years at Montclair State University, 就好像她现在就生活在这里，并怀着如此的热情报道着这段经历, appreciation and reverence for it,” Yake adds.

“With her generous bequest, Arlene made the choice to create something that endures,” says Montclair State University President Jonathan Koppell. “这份变革性的礼物有助于十大博彩推荐排名大学实现其核心使命，即为学生创造学术成功和培养潜力的途径. 阿琳让学生们有可能改变他们的生活轨迹——就像她在十大博彩推荐排名的教育中所做的那样.”

A life of service

艾伦是当时教育与人类服务学院(CEHS)顾问委员会的首任成员，她坚定不移地参与其中——这是她对十大博彩推荐排名大学的特殊承诺的延伸，尤其是对教师教育学生的承诺. A dedicated supporter, Allen served on the Alumni Association Board, 作为她的50周年纪念聚会委员会的成员，并参加了小组讨论和年度奖学金晚宴委员会. 2016年，作为该校毕业典礼的一部分，她被授予杰出校友称号.

Supporting her passion for the University was Allen’s beloved husband, Craig, who passed away in 2019.

“我深情地回忆起，阿琳和克雷格这些年在校园里参加了许多活动,” says Frank Alvarez ’76, fellow CEEL advisory board member. “她完全致力于十大博彩推荐排名州立大学……她通过她对大学的服务和贡献留下了伟大的遗产。.”

Transforming students’ lives

Eager to help students become teachers, 艾伦在大学设立了两项奖学金——2009年的阿琳·艾伦学生教师奖学金和2011年的克雷格和阿琳·克雷森齐·艾伦捐赠奖学金——以帮助十大博彩推荐排名教师教育专业的学生在学生教学期间获得支持. Allen was a loyal donor to her alma mater, 除了提供奖学金支持外，他还为建立博士学位提供了主要资助. Russell Krauss Classroom in University Hall, which was dedicated in 2008, in memory of a beloved professor and mentor.

阿琳的捐赠基金将为未来几代教师提供至关重要的支持，否则他们将很难负担得起大学学费,” says Tamara Lucas, professor emerita and former dean of CEHS. 十大博彩推荐排名大学的许多学生来自的家庭，他们的大学费用对他们来说是一项重大挑战. 这些学生中有许多人有潜力成为优秀的教师，他们了解未来几代学生所面临的挑战，就像他们自己一样. 通过使大学学位和教师资格证对许多学生来说在经济上可行, 阿琳的捐赠不仅有助于他们个人的成功, 也有助于为新泽西的学生提供准备充分的教师.”

A past recipient of Allen’s scholarship support, 22岁的Begona Plasencia-Guzman主修西班牙语，是该大学教师教育项目的一员. She is now working as a Spanish teacher at Montclair High School. “奖学金对我完成学业很有帮助. Without it, 毕业将是一个更大的挑战……我深深地感激它给了我机会,” she says.

“这样的奖学金不仅减轻了学生的经济负担，也给他们注入了希望, enabling them to realize their aspirations. Mrs. 艾伦的慷慨对我和无数其他人的生活产生了持久的影响. 我希望她的遗产将继续激励后代的学生，”普拉森西亚-古兹曼说.

“I am forever grateful for the opportunity Mrs. Allen enabled me to have,” says Elijah Hampton, who is graduating this month with a Master of Arts in Teaching, 在伊丽莎白公立学校完成了他作为七年级和八年级ELA学生教师的临床要求之后. “我想成为一名教育者，因为我想对他人产生影响, as prior teachers have had on me,” he shares. “获得克雷格和阿琳·克雷森齐·艾伦捐赠奖学金对我的大四有很大的帮助. I am a service member, but I don’t get full coverage, so receiving this scholarship covered the remainder of the costs. I had financial freedom.”

“阿琳的变革性遗产反映了她对推进教育和赋予未来几代学生教师和教育工作者权力的承诺, 我们感谢她通过对母校的卓越贡献所带来的影响,” says Rita Walters, vice president for Development and Alumni Engagement.

Allen’s generosity of spirit will now live on for years to come. 阿琳的心中充满了对高等教育和十大博彩推荐排名州立大学的热爱和深切关怀,” says Yake. “She thrived as a teacher and valued teaching as a profession, and wanted to ‘pass it along’ to others….This gave her great joy to be able to do this.”

要了解如何做出变革性的影响并留下持久的遗产，请联系Ely F. Santoni at 973-655-3695. 你计划好的礼物有能力改变生活，并以深远的方式塑造未来.

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