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= Overview<br/> = &#x5B;&#x5B; [[File:Fsu pic.jpg|border|none|Fsu pic.jpg&#x5D;&#x5D;]] Florida State Univeristy, Panama City, was founded in 1982 as a full-service campus of the Florida State University in Tallahasee, Florida.&nbsp; It is a very small campus, with around 1,200 full time students, and also only offers 13 undegraduate programs: #''' Accounting''' #'''Business Administration''' #'''Civil Engineering''' #'''Computer Engineering''' #'''Computer Science''' #'''Electrical Engineering''' #'''Elementary Education''' #'''Communication''' #'''Psychology''' #'''Public Safety and Security''' #'''Recreation, Tourism, and Evnets''' #'''Social Science Education''' #'''Social Work'''  and 6 graduate programs:  #'''Corporate and Public Communication''' #'''Electrical Engineering''' #'''Elementary Education''' #'''Psychology: Applied Behavior Analysis''' #'''Reading Education and Language Arts''' #'''Social Work'''  Thus, the campus is still growing year by year.&nbsp; Freshman are a recent addition to the FSU-PC campus, entering in the fall semester of 2013.&nbsp; The once non-existent campus life (as all of the students used to be upper-classmen attempting to finish their degree) is now slowly growing due to the influx of freshman.&nbsp; Strides have been made by the faculty and student body to engage the new students, including many faculty sponsored entrepreneurship opportunities.  = Promoting Student Innovation and Opportunity<br/> =  == Business Innovation Center<br/> == &#x5B;&#x5B; [[File:Business-Innovation-Center-Logo-01.jpg|none|Business-Innovation-Center-Logo-01.jpg&#x5D;&#x5D; ]]The Business Innovation Center (BIC) is a newly created incubator on the FSU-PC campus.&nbsp; It was created in 2013 in order to,<blockquotebr/><br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; foster entrepreneurship through a structured model that provides tools and metrics for success to emerging innovation-based enterprises.</blockquote> The BIC provides:  *'''Counseling''' *'''Office Space''' *'''Professional Services''' *'''Networking''' *'''Workshops'''  to students and local businesses, with little to no cost (depending on circumstances).&nbsp; It couples itself with various student organization, most notably the FSU-PC Entrepreneur Club.&nbsp; This is a prime hub in FSU-PC entrepreneur life, and also houses the newly created IdeaSpace.  == IdeaSpace<br/> ==  The IdeaSpace is a newly created (Spring 2014) space that will allow students to collaborate on solving problems.&nbsp; The IdeaSpace houses a large whiteboard that is serves as a "Problem Board", that will be covered by student generated problems.&nbsp; Students who are inspired by certain problems can offer solutions, arrange meeting dates, and network utilizing the the other writable surfaces in the room.&nbsp;  == Small Business Development Center<br/> ==  [[File:SBDC1.jpg|none]] The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a newly created business incubator housed within the Gulf Coast State College's Advanced Technology Center.&nbsp; It is very similar to the FSU-PC Business Innovation Center, but is also directed toward existing small businesses. Thus, the  The SBDC can help students with: ''' *Business Plan Development''' *'''Marketing Research''' *'''Patent Searches'''http://universityinnovation.org/images/6/62/SBDC1.jpg *'''Loan Packaging/Procurement''' *'''Technology Assistance''' == Campus Events<br/> == === Entrepreneur Club<br/> === FSU-PC '''b''' is currently the premier group that sponsors I-E related events.They sponsor talks with various business entities from around Florida. Recently, together with the BIC, the Entrepreneur Club hosted a Nole Tank competition. ==== Nole Tank Competition<br/> ==== &#x5B;&#x5B;File:Noletank.jpg|thumb|none&#x5D;&#x5D; = Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship<br/> = Unfortuntately, FSU-PC has yet to spur faculty members toward innovation.&nbsp; As the campus is relatively tiny, and the STEM grtaduate programs are rather small, research opportunities are not as plentiful as they would be on a larger campus. = University Technology Transfer Function<br/> =<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>   <br/>