Central State University alum receives prestigious award

U.S. Department of State grants Fulbright U.S. Teacher Award for 2023-24 

After receiving her Bachelor of Science in adolescent to young adult mathematics education from Central State in 2012, Centralian Anjelica Tynes has in her own words used her training to advocate for her students’ learning experience, especially those of color. 

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Throughout her career as an educator, administrator, activist, and researcher, Tynes has advocated passionately for her students’ educational needs, while sharing with the next generation what she learned at Central State. 

It is for Tynes’ steadfast and skillful concentration on her work as an educator, which includes nearly a decade as a dedicated middle school teacher that Central State, is proud to acknowledge her recent receipt of the esteemed Fulbright U.S. Teacher Award for 2023-24, granted by the U.S. Department of State.  

As this scholarship is the United States’ flagship international educational exchange program since its initiation in 1946, Tynes joins a distinguished cadre of Fulbright alumni such as 62 Nobel laureates, 89 Pulitzer recipients, 78 MacArthur Fellows, and 41 members who have served as heads of state governments. 

Supported by the Fulbright scholarship, Tynes will bring the training and education she gained from Central State to Taiwan, where she will spend four months collaborating with a local university to conduct research on their workforce development programs implemented in middle schools.  

Tynes said she hopes the work will allow her to bring back vital practical data and strategies that will assist her in bolstering stronger career pathway tracks for grade 6-12 students in the Baltimore school district where she lives and teaches. 

“My experience at CSU has contributed to my professional success and growth,” Tynes said. “I thought it only fitting, in return, to share my success with CSU to hopefully inspire future educators.”