Tag: Anita Larson Mickelson

Anita Larson Mickelson ’90 has been teaching English-As-A-Second-Language through the Office of Adult Education, Black Hawk College, Rock Island (IL) campus, since January 2009. The vast majority of the students are refugees, primarily from Burma, Nepal, several African countries and, most recently, Iraq. Anita teaches “Level One”, in which most of the students have had…

I teach English-As-A-Second Language for Black Hawk College’s Technology Center campus in Rock Island, IL. My students are almost all refugees, brought to the US through World Relief. They represent many conflict/war-torn countries, including Iraq, Burma, Bhutan and various African countries. I teach Level 1, which is for people with some English knowledge, but not…