It’s finals time, which also means that it is time for the NIU “Give and Go!” project. The goal of the Give and Go! project is to keep materials out of landfills by making it very easy to donate useable items to Goodwill. Amid the chaos of student move outs, finals, and late night study...

Northern Illinois University students are accustomed to the annual Move-in Day, kicking off the start of the fall semester. Now there’s a new end-of-the-school-year wrinkle: Move-out Week. NIU has been selected as one of five colleges and universities nationwide to partner up with Goodwill Industries and Keep America Beautiful on a pilot “move-out week” program....