Tag Archives: Milwaukee School of Engineering

Writing exercise – “Common Comrades” (a horror poem)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

This poem was a response to a writing-exercise prompt for my writing group. My original plan was to submit to literary journals with hopes of publishing. I haven’t done that sort of thing in many, many years and would like … Continue reading →

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Sunlit

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a photo from my day, taken of the atrium staircase in the Grohmann Museum shortly before my 1:00 class this afternoon. I liked the way sunlight brightened up the railings as it angled in through the glass. That’s all😀

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Grohmann Museum, Friday, December 13, 2024

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

At 2:38 PM, to be precise 😂 My office at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is on the second floor of the Grohmann Museum. Today was the last day of regular classes before final exams begin next week. My last … Continue reading →

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Teaching with AI

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I recently joined a small group of faculty and administrators on campus that meets every two weeks to talk shop (research, theory, practice) on the topic of AI in higher education. Our official committee designation is “community of practice,” and … Continue reading →

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My election commentary on Swedish public television news

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Because I teach political science at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), I was tapped us someone to interview this morning in connection with yesterday’s Presidential election in the U.S. I tag-teamed with one of my colleagues, Dr. Jeremy Kedziora, which … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Nook

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Our MSOE library has a section that’s built out at a diagonal to the rest of the building. Imagine a square inserted over and through one corner of a rectangle, and you would pretty much have a blueprint of the … Continue reading →

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Autumn Synchronicity

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

 The leaves on the inside of my office window are attached to a long-dead branch from our birch tree, which my daughter and her classmate turned into a work of art about 12 years ago with the aid of … Continue reading →

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Lovebirds over Milwaukee Street

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Awww, so sweet❤️ Students in my Digital Society class had just finished their presentations, and I was putting the room back into good repair before leaving myself, performing all the usual courtesies like turning off the projector, pushing errant chairs … Continue reading →

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“The Bridge” at MSOE

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a photo from my week. Every Milwaukee School of Engineering graduate since the 1970s will immediately recognize this as the skywalk between the Walter Schroeder Library and the Science Building (officially the Allen-Bradley Hall of Science and Fred Loock … Continue reading →

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Urban river canyon, with cascades (😀)

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Not really, of course, but when I found this photo lurking in my camera roll (I snapped it one sunny afternoon last fall while taking the long way back to my office from the Science Building at MSOE in downtown … Continue reading →

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