Second-year PhD student Awan Afiaz was honored with a Dean’s Merit Award by the Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka for completing his Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics with a perfect GPA (4.0 on a scale of 4.0). He is the first student from the university’s Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT) to receive the honor.
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Due to delays caused by COVID restrictions, the award was presented 18 months after Afiaz received his degree.
“I am incredibly honored to be the recipient of such a prestigious award from my alma mater. Unfortunately, neither I nor my parents could be present at the ceremony to receive the award, and I was really sad about it. However, this is a great privilege and undoubtedly will strengthen my motivation to do even better in my current PhD journey at the University of Washington,” said Afiaz.