WISCONSIN (CBS 58) – UW System President Tommy Thompson has a “big idea” to announce on Thursday, December 16, in Milwaukee.
It’s a new internship program for low-skilled students.
Here’s how it works: UW-Milwaukee received a half-million dollar grant. With that money, the school will place 100 students from underrepresented populations on paid internships with Milwaukee-area corporations for two years.
The goal is not only to help those students navigate their careers, but to solve one of the biggest challenges facing employers, which is finding highly skilled workers from a variety of backgrounds. .
“So we’re going to develop them into leaders,” Thompson said.
Students who are selected for one of the internships will work 10-15 hours a week and earn between $15-21 an hour.
