Click here to listen to the story: Chief of Staff to the President at NIU, Matt Streb, says the decision didn’t come because they met a certain number threshold. He says the school saw higher community spread and wastewater testing numbers were going up. “It's not like we've had one event that something happened at or where we saw an outbreak," he said. "We're seeing cases in the region, we're seeing cases in the state going up.” If students have in-person finals, those will still be happening as planned. Streb also stressed that moving out early is voluntary. “We have about 15% of our classes in-person this year,” he said. “So, a lot of our classes are already online. But again, I want to be clear too, just because you have all online classes you may need to be here because you need access to the Wi-Fi.”