Marissa Lindberg is a Member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority at Ashland University.

2015 Feb 10

Marissa Lindberg of Dover, OH is a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority at Ashland University.

Lindberg is majoring in psychology. She is the daughter of Larry and Jodi Lindberg of Dover. Lindberg is a 2013 graduate of Dover High School.

Alpha Delta Pi, originally called The Adelphean Society (from the Greek word for sister), was the first secret society for college women and was founded on May 15, 1851, at the first institution in the world to grant degrees to women: Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia. The women of Alpha Delta Pi carry the open motto "We live for each other" with them daily as they espouse and enact the guiding principles of scholarship, leadership, sisterhood and service.

Ashland University, which has been ranked in the top 200 colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report's National Universities category, is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) values the individual student and offers a unique educational experience that combines the challenge of strong, applied academic programs with a faculty and staff who build nurturing relationships with their students.