Author: Eryn Dion, News Herald ReporterPANAMA CITY BEACH — Oh what a difference 35 years makes.From its humble beginnings in the 1970′s, when Bay District Schools, the business community and Gulf Coast Community College petitioned the legislature for a university in Bay County, to 1982, when the campus opened with “just a few buildings” and a resident faculty of four, to today, Florida State University Panama City has grown into an education hub for the county and the region. Read entire story Related Content Panama City Campus