By Marshall Boyd, son of Deborah and James Boyd of Los Altos Hills, studied at the Universidad de Valparaiso in Chile, last spring. He is a student at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt.

Scott Barnholt of Los Altos Hills has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He will be honored at a campus ceremony this fall at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Elizabeth Gucker, daughter of George and Judy Gucker of Los Altos, has been named to the 2000-01 dean’s list at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis.

Vikram Anand Padmanabhan, son of Dr. Rama Padmanabhan of Los Altos, has been named to the dean’s list for academic achievement at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Meghan E. Hooper, a 1998 graduate of Los Altos High School, has been named to the 2000-01 spring quarter dean’s list at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.