Ava Harmon
Newsroom InternAva Harmon is a newsroom intern for WCMU. She's going into her junior year at Central Michigan University, majoring in journalism with minors in communications and sports communications. Harmon has also worked with the WCMU news team as a production assistant and served as a board operator and on-air host.
During the academic year, she works as a sports reporter for CM-Life, Central Michigan University's student-run campus media company, covering a variety of sports on campus. After graduation, she hopes to build a career in journalism, ideally as a sports reporter.
Originally from Virginia, she moved to Michigan to attend CMU. Her favorite Michigan destination is Frankenmuth during the Christmas season.
Send her your story ideas to: harmo2am@cmich.edu
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Officials say the debris from last year's ice storm has put the region at risk. -
The research will help provide more detailed data on the population movement, abundance rates, all of which could help inform future management decisions by the DNR for the hunting season. -
Researchers say the wolf population is now at 37, one of the highest numbers in decades. The moose population is now down 75% since 2019. -
Many nursing home residents in Michigan are receiving $60 a month through Medicaid's Personal Needs Allowance program. A statewide council representing older adults says that's not enough and are now working to build support for reform. -
So far this year, there are 30 new converts to the faith, almost double of the previous year. -
Michigan's Isle Royale National Park, is located on Lake Superior in between Minnesota and the UP. It opens for the season on April 16, after being closed from Nov. 1 to April 15. -
The solar farm, if approved, would be located in Ingersoll Township. It will be 620 acres of solar panels, in five different sites around the township. -
In partnership with Gift of Life Michigan, Central Michigan University is now giving benefits-eligible employees the option to join the statewide organ, eye and tissue registry. -
Little Traverse Conservancy and Top of Michigan Mountain Bike Association are partnering to expand the Boyne Forest trails by 36 acres. -
High school students of color can apply for the Spark Artistic Mentorship Program Scholarship for the 2026-2027 school year.
