Rosia Simone Rowe
Where Personality Meets Professionalism
Education
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Auburn University, Alabama
Auburn University
BBSE in Biosystems Engineering
BA in Spanish
Class of 2019
Estudio Sampere
Madrid, Spain
Study Abroad
Experience
Graduate Engineer
January 2020 –Present
Working as an entry-level water/wastewater engineer in Fort Myers, Florida. Obligations include: project conduct assistance, technical engineering assistance, site observation, and construction-phase services.
Mathematics Tutor
November 2019 – January 2020
Tutoring mathematics and physics subjects to high schoolers in grades 9 – 12 through the TRIO~Upward Bound program in downtown Chicago, IL.
Student Liason
October 2016 – December 2016
Provided a student’s perspective during the evaluation of candidates for a First Year Seminar and Learning Community Programs Advisor position.
War Eagle!
Intern
August 2017 – May 2018
Work in the Auburn Research Park in the Office of Innovation Advancement and Commercialization. Work with Prior Art for patents generated by AU stakeholders. Also work with marketing projects.
Peer Instructor
August 2016 – December 2016
Assisted in instructing a First-Year Seminar course. Assisted with lectures and leading discussions targeted towards new , first-year students.
Resident Assistant
July 2015- May 2017
Monitored Upper & Lower Quad neighborhoods. Facilitated welcoming, safe, exciting residence halls for co-ed students.
Click here to read reflections of all of the things R.S. Rowe has learned from her experiences
Involvement
Conference Planning Committee
Fall 2016 – Spring 2018
Assisted with the AU chapter arrangements for Fall and Annual Conferences
Elected Executive Board Member
Summer 2015 & Fall 2015
Served as the AU Chapter’s Programs Chair
Public Relations Committee Member
Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
Used social media as a platform to highlight upcoming AU NSBE programs, fundraisers and involvement
IAMBK Tutor
Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
Tutor in the I Am My Brother’s Keeper program in Auburn, Alabama. Tutored students in STEM and Spanish grades k-12
National Society of Black Engineers
Auburn University Chapter
Achievements
Receipt of Award
Auburn University, Alabama
Auburn University
- National Achievement Scholarship Recipient
- 100 Women Strong Scholarship Recipient
- Certificate of Achievement in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Performance
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- (Alabama Power)
Auburn University Foreign Language Department
Castanoli Abroad Scholarship Recipient
National Society of Black Engineers
- Academic Excellence Kaplan Scholarship
- Outstanding Service to IAMBK Inc. Award
Alabama Power
- Certificate of Achievement in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Performance
About Rosia Rowe
R.S. Rowe graduated as a concurrent Bachelor’s Degree student at Auburn University in May of 2019. She studied Biosystems Engineering and Spanish Language in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and Liberal Arts colleges. She worked as a Resident Assistant on Auburn’s campus for two years before transitioning to an off-campus housing arrangement and interning with the Office of Innovation Advancement & Commercialization. Rowe prides herself in being an involved member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Want to learn more about R.S. Rowe and her academic career in Biosystems Engineering? Click here. Want to see some of the work R.S. Rowe did as a Spanish degree student? Click here.
R.S. Rowe was working as a mathematics tutor with the TRIO~Upward Bound Program in the Chicagoland area with Cook County high school students with math, Spanish, college prep, and some math-based sciences. She recently accepted a full-time engineering position with CONSOR Engineers, LLC as a Graduate Engineer. She has relocated to her home state of Florida, but moved further south to CONSOR’s newly acquired Fort Myers office. Rowe is excited to be working in their Water-Wastewater division under the supervision of some very talented, competent Professional Engineers.
Her hobbies include reading fiction, blogging, writing fiction, going on adventures with friends, watching beauty vlogs, and she has recently discovered a love for photography. In her spare time, she works on new ways to develop her website RSRoweBooks.com. Currently, she is taking courses in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in order to gain a new technological skill set for her website as well as freelance work.