Partnership keeps students on graduation path
Michael Habermann spent years waiting tables in Coeur d’Alene while saving money for college at NIC where he studied computer science before transferring to U of I’s program on the North Idaho College campus. Jasmine Martinez, mother of two from Rathdrum, earned an associate’s degree at NIC and will earn her bachelor’s in Fall 2026. She plans to apply to U of I College of Law.
Photo by Melissa Hartley
From balancing trays to balancing textbooks, Michael Habermann walked the floor of many North Idaho restaurants before earning his college degree.
With stints at The Boathouse, an aptly named eatery on Hayden Lake, to upscale Terraza Waterfront by DeLeon’s, a café that overlooks paddleboard traffic on the Spokane River, Habermann spent years after high school waiting tables to pay for college.
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