FSU’s campus in Panama City

We’d love to know more about FSU’s satellite campus in Panama City, FL. How many students attend there? Campus life? (Are there any dorms or student housing?) Sports? Clubs / orgs? Party scene? Do professors seem to have a political bent in either direction? TIA!

My S goes to FSU Panama City Campus. There is no dorm and apartments are very limited.

There will be housing in the future but it may take a couple of years. It is a smaller campus, maybe 6,000 students? That’s a guess. And housing here is miserable due to Hurricane Michael. The CAT 5 storm wiped out much of the housing and over a year later the town is still a mess. FSU-PC has a very nice campus and the classes are much smaller and that is a big plus. There are quite a few clubs at the school and lots of activities. As for sports, there are none that I know of unless you make the road trip to Tally.

Actually just saw on the news that housing will be ready August 2021.

PANAMA CITY — After five years of exploring the possibility of bringing student housing to Florida State University-Panama City, it appears the project is likely to materialize.
On Tuesday, FSU-PC Dean Randy Hanna presented the housing project plan at a Panama City Commission meeting, where the first public hearing for a campus development agreement between the city and the campus was held.
“It’s something our community has been asking for and I believe it will be beneficial to both FSU and Gulf Coast (State College),” Hanna said. “It’ll be a good day. Our students are very excited about this.”
Gulf Coast State College students will also be able to rent at the complex, he noted.
The drawing showed a 28,000-square-foot structure located at the waterfront side of the university. The structure will include 132 rooms with 400 beds. The drawings also showed space for a range of campus-life accommodations, including a pool, gazebo, fire pit, gas barbecue grill and space for hammocks and sand volleyball.