Farewell reception will honor Peter Alfonso Members of the campus community and the Greater Grand Forks community are invited to a farewell reception for Peter Alfonso, UND's vice president for research since 2002, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the North Dakota Museum of Art. Dr. Alfonso has resigned his position at UND to accept a position at the University of Rhode Island. Please join me in thanking Dr. Alfonso and his wife, Polly, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, for their service to UND and extending to them a fond farewell. - Charles E. Kupchella, President.