Eastern’s faculty members are getting ready for plans of their own during Family Weekend.

Debra Reid, history professor, said she is planning on traveling to St. Louis and Indiana in order to compete with her vintage baseball team.

“I play almost every weekend,” Reid said. “Otherwise, I’d be there eating beans with the College of Arts and Humanities.”

Teresa Freking, a secondary education professor, said she is spending the weekend with her 13-year-old nephew, who is playing in a soccer tournament.

Freking said she wishes she could work it out so she could bring her nephew to Eastern for Family Weekend.

Carla Honselman, a family and consumer sciences professor, said since she is married to a farmer, she will most likely be working on the farm that weekend, especially since it is a prime time to harvest.

Honselman said she would have loved to attend the Chicago concert, since it was from her generation.

Several faculty members, like Honselman, said they will spend their Family Weekend working on various projects and things regarding their classes.

English professor Duangrudi Suksang said she will be grading papers.

Susksang is not the only faculty member focusing on university work during Family Weekend.

Gary Aylesworth, a professor of philosophy, said he is not planning anything special for Family Weekend.

“I will probably do what I do every weekend, and that is work on my own research, if I’m not grading things.”

Marita Gronnvoll, a communication studies professor, said she is planning on catching up on work during Family Weekend as well.

Jerry Cloward, a technology professor, said he will be on campus on Saturday, but not for Family Weekend events.

Dan Hickman, an economics professor, said he was not too sure about what activities would be offered since he was new to Eastern, .

“(I will) figure out what Family Weekend is all about,” Hickman said.

He said he was not aware of Family Weekend activities and did not realize when it was taking place.

Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-7942 or kjrichter@eiu.edu.