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FSU Panama City offers IBM Skills Academy professional development courses

Published: September 4, 2020 | 3:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida State University Panama City College of Applied Studies is partnering with IBM Skills Academy to launch technology-based training courses designed to provide additional professional skills to students, alumni and community members looking to advance their careers and excel in the job market. Upon successful completion, students will be able to obtain digital certificates […]

FSU Panama City announces St. Andrew and St. Joseph Bays Estuary Program partnership

Published: August 4, 2020 | 1:48 pm | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

St. Joseph Bay Aerial View. Photo courtesy of Darryl Boudreau

Florida State University and Bay County are partnering to establish an estuary program to help provide for the long-term protection of St. Andrew and St. Joseph Bays and develop a plan of action for these valuable resources. Housed on the FSU Panama City campus, the St. Andrew and St. Joseph Bays Estuary Program will be […]

Doctoral program in Nurse Anesthesia at FSU Panama City approved

Published: July 24, 2020 | 12:27 pm | Posted in: News

The first-ever doctoral program at the FSU Panama City campus was approved by the State University System of Florida Board of Governors during an online meeting July 21. The Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) program will begin in the summer of 2021. (FSU Panama City)

FSU Panama City’s proposal to offer a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) degree through the College of Applied Studies was approved by the State University System of Florida Board of Governors during an online meeting July 21. The first-ever doctoral program at the campus will begin in the summer of 2021. This approval is […]

FSU teams up with Panhandle teachers to host online nuclear science camp

Published: July 17, 2020 | 1:05 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

From her home on a laptop, a camper controls a gamma-ray spectrometer located in a classroom on the FSU-PC campus. That feat of technology involved a surprisingly large number of IT staff at both the Panama City and Tallahassee campuses and took advantage of FSU's Virtual Lab technology.

Florida State University Physics Professor Paul Cottle is a devoted advocate of the need for physics education in K-12 schools. That’s why he’s been teaming up with science teachers over the past three summers to organize the Nuclear Medicine and Science Camp (NMSC) for middle and high school students from Panhandle counties. But how do […]

Graduates of FSU’s nurse anesthetists program work on COVID-19’s front line

Published: May 20, 2020 | 8:39 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Taylor Englade and fiancé Michael Abreu earned their degrees at FSUPC in 2018.

Stacey VanDyke is the director of the nurse anesthesia program at Florida State University’s Panama City Campus. The program trains certified, registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), and as VanDyke watched COVID-19 spread earlier this year, the respiratory distress it sparks was a red flag. Soon, VanDyke realized that CRNA graduates were uniquely positioned to help. “Among other things, we place breathing tubes, we manage ventilator parameters and settings; we manage […]

FSU celebrates outstanding student employees

Published: April 17, 2020 | 8:42 am | Posted in: News, Students & Campus Life, University News

The sixth annual Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) awards ceremony, hosted by The Florida State University Career Center, was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (The Career Center)

The Florida State University Career Center recognized the notable contributions of student employees at FSU during its sixth annual Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) awards ceremony on Thursday, April 16, which was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The SEOTY ceremony gives us the opportunity to recognize the invaluable service and impact of our student employees in our […]

FSU Panama City donors endow scholarship in honor of President John Thrasher

Published: May 1, 2019 | 7:07 pm | Posted in: University News

Donors and alumni established the John E. Thrasher Endowed Scholarship at FSU Panama City during a campus event Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

More than 100 FSU Panama City alumni and friends met Wednesday to recognize FSU President John Thrasher for his dedication to the campus and the community, surprising him with a scholarship in his honor for local students. In all, 15 donors raised $25,000 to establish the John E. Thrasher Endowed Scholarship at FSU Panama City, […]

FSU Panama City students, faculty thrilled as campus reopens

Published: October 29, 2018 | 5:19 pm | Posted in: University News

President Thrasher greets students as they return to class Monday, Oct. 29, for the first time since Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle.

Resilience, hope and excitement were on full display Monday morning as students returned to class at the FSU Panama City campus for the first time after Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle earlier this month. They were beaming — even those who lost their homes — at the prospect of class and some return to […]

FSU Panama City campus tentatively set to reopen Oct. 29

Published: October 22, 2018 | 4:51 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University tentatively plans to reopen its Panama City campus and resume face-to-face classes Monday, Oct. 29. “Reopening our campus is an important part of helping Panama City recover from Hurricane Michael,” said Randy Hanna, dean of FSU Panama City. “Great things were happening in Panama City before the storm, and Panama City will come back even […]

Martin Dvorak

Published: September 5, 2018 | 11:00 am | Posted in: Student Stars

As a native of the Czech Republic, Martin Dvorak moved to the United States with his family at the age of six already envisioning big dreams. Now, the Florida State University graduate student is on the verge of achieving one of his most important goals: earning a master’s degree in electrical engineering this fall. Dvorak […]

FSU Panama City to offer new engineering programs from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Published: January 18, 2018 | 2:26 pm | Posted in: University News

FSU Panama City's new engineering programs represent an expansion of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.

FSU Panama City announced it will add two new engineering programs in fall 2018. The university will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in systems engineering. The announcement came during a meeting of the FSU Board of Trustees today. “These new programs are coming to FSU Panama City because […]

Profiles in Leadership: FSU Panama City leader crafts ambitious vision for future

Published: January 16, 2018 | 4:10 pm | Posted in: News, University News

Randy Hanna marked one year as dean of FSU Panama City on Dec. 1. He's working to position the university as the go-to resource for employers of the region's rapidly growing economy: "We have a lot of folks here working together to make FSU Panama City thrive, and I believe we're on the path to doing that."

Randy Hanna is excited as he talks about the future of Florida State University Panama City. In his inimitably go-getter style, the dean of FSU Panama City is using his wide-ranging, 30-plus years of experience as a lawyer, educator, business manager/consultant and administrator to craft new alliances between education, business and government. The collaborations offer […]

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