Editing Shawnee, Oklahoma (section)

===Colleges and universities===
*[[Oklahoma Baptist University]] (OBU) was founded in 1910.  The city was chosen by the founders of OBU in part because two Baptist Conventions—one in Indian Territory and one in Oklahoma Territory—had merged in the period of Oklahoma being admitted as a state to the Union.  The city of Shawnee was considered neutral territory, since Shawnee had been neither in Indian Territory nor Oklahoma Territory, but instead was within the boundaries of the [[Citizen Potawatomi Nation|Potawatomi Nation]]. 
*The former [[St. Gregory's University]], a Benedictine Catholic institution founded in 1875, was located in Shawnee; however, St. Gregory's University suspended operations at the end of 2017, citing financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news9.com/story/36798192/st-gregorys-university-in-shawnee-announces-it-will-suspend-operations|title=St. Gregory's University In Shawnee Announces It Will 'Suspend Operations'|first=Briauna|last=Brown|website=news9.com|access-date=April 7, 2018 |date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>  In December 2018, the sale of its Shawnee campus to [[Hobby Lobby]] was approved by the bankruptcy court.  The campus was then leased to OBU.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/million-sale-of-st-gregory-s-to-hobby-lobby-finalized/article_29a6fb02-2286-57db-89e7-636c65d7306d.html |title=$8 million sale of St. Gregory's to Hobby Lobby finalized |newspaper=Tulsa World |accessdate=8 December 2018}}</ref>  In May 2019, OBU renamed the tract as the OBU Green Campus, both in honor of the [[David Green (entrepreneur)|Green]] family, owners of Hobby Lobby, and because the color green is one of OBU’s official university colors.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://thebisonnews.com/tag/obus-green-campus/ |title= St. Gregory's campus gets a new name |first=Jacob |last=Factor |newspaper=The Bison |date=May 6, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> In December 2019, Hobby Lobby and the Green family donated the campus to OBU.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.okbu.edu/news/2019/12/hobby-lobby-and-green-family-donate-campus-to-obu.html |title= Hobby Lobby and Green Family Donate Campus to OBU |date= 11 December 2019 | publisher=OBU |access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref>