Muskego finance committee approves clinical education agreement with UW–La Crosse for summer recreation intern

The Muskego City Finance Committee approved a clinical education agreement with the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse on April 8, 2025, to allow a University of Wisconsin–La Crosse student to serve as a summer intern in the city’s recreation department.

Committee members and staff said the agreement mirrors past arrangements and includes university-provided insurance for the student intern. “I just wanna know what the big change big changes or anything in this? I mean,” asked Alderman Wolf. A staff member answered, “No. There's no changes. We just the past agreement expired last year. We didn't have a student interested, so we didn't really push the matter. We do have a student interested this year,” and clarified that the university covers insurance because the person remains a student.

The staff member also said the internship is unpaid and that students typically find local housing: “Normally, they have to get an apartment,” the staff member said. Committee members noted the city has hosted several interns from UW–La Crosse in prior years; staff said the department has had “probably 6 or 7 interns” historically and that UW–La Crosse is one of the state’s recreation degree programs that commonly places interns with municipalities.

Committee members moved and seconded approval; the committee adopted the agreement by voice vote. The meeting record does not show a roll-call tally or names for the motion maker and seconder.