President's Medal . The President's Medal is a recognition given to graduating seniors who excel in scholarship, in professionalism on the job, in their academic pursuits, involvement in the Kettering community, and in their home community. Students are nominated by employers, faclty, and staff and are selected by a committee appointed by the President of the University. The number of medals given is at the discretion of the President but generally will not exceed two percent of the graduating class. This honor society was organized in 1928 for the purpose of giving recognition to those students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, citizenship, and service to the Kettering community.
Scholastic standing is an added criterion for election.
Sobey Scholars . Engineering students who are elected to membership in both Tau Beta Pi and Robots, and management students who are elected to membership in both Sigma Alpha Chi and Robots are recipients of the Albert Sobey Memorial Award. This award is made bi-annually in memory of Albert Sobey, the founder and first president of Kettering. Federal Right to Know Laws prescribe certain mandatory information concerning the success rate of students entering the degree programs be given to all parties. For the Kettering normal five year degree programs success is defined by those laws to be a student who is awarded a degree within seven and one half years after entering the program.