Press Releases
"Michigan Mastodon Migrating from Oakland Community College to Cranbrook Institute of Science"
June 16, 2026
Announcement Video
Click here to view a message from Peter Provenzano, Jr. (Oakland Community College Chancellor), Lucy Hale (The Susan Flint Cooper Director of Cranbrook Institute of Science), and Cameron Wood (Cranbrook Institute of Science Curator of Collection) about moving Elmer the Mastodon from OCC to Cranbrook Institute of Science.
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Media Contacts
Eric Franchy
Director of Marketing & Communications
Cranbrook Institute of Science
248.606.9697 (cell) | efranchy@cranbrook.edu
Kim Madeleine
Media Relations Lead
Oakland Community College
734.765.6321 | krmadele@oaklandcc.edu