It was one of the proudest moments of her life to be selected to formally nominate Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa.
For example, in April they asked riders on selected buses to nominate the #BestDressed Passenger on the bus.
Mora was selected to attend after being nominated by a California immigrant rights group but considered rejecting the invitation because of Obama's record on deportations.
"For these young athletes, it is quite an honor to be nominated, let alone selected to the All-American game," said John Wooden, the former U.C.L.A. men's coach, who serves as chairman of the game and an adviser to the selection committee.
According to SAG, 2,200 of the guild's 165,000 members were randomly selected to serve on the film nominating committee this year.
That's why it was selected to play an early role in the nominating process.
Nominated members will be selected to obtain broad expert and geographic representation.
Alumni of the program include Mr. Menendez, Zulima Farber, who was nominated last week to be attorney general, and Ronald Chen, whom Mr. Corzine selected to be the public advocate.
Sledd nominated all of the original faculty members, a majority of whom he had previously selected to be professors at the University of Florida at Lake City.
Students are selected to receive awards based on criteria that each donor sets, Mrs. Dalto said, some choosing to select their own recipient and others relying on the school faculty to nominate winners.
