March 16: Annual Schmitz Lecture to Feature Maud Borup Owner Christine Lantinen

Thursday, March 16, 2023
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Ostrander Auditorium

Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato’s College of Business will host a “fireside chat” with Christine Lantinen, owner and president of Maud Borup, a wholesale gourmet candy manufacturing company, Thursday, March 16 during a 3:30-5 p.m. event in Ostrander Auditorium, located in Centennial Student Union.

The annual event, part of the Richard Schmitz Food Entrepreneurship Series, is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Click here to register.

According to a College of Business event preview, Lantinen (a 1998 Minnesota State Mankato graduate) is “leading the way and introducing new and indulgent products to Maud Borup, a woman and veteran-owned business with dedication to sustainability. Learn about her entrepreneurial journey, becoming a certified B corporation – balancing people and purpose with profit – and get a taste of Maud Borup. The first 100 attendees will receive a Maud Borup prize.”

This year’s event will include a presentation of how students in a Minnesota State Mankato business class applied their entrepreneurial experience to candy-making by creating product concepts and packaging design for potential candy products for Maud Borup.

For more information, please contact Jen Cucurullo, director of marketing and communications in the College of Business, by phone at 507-389-5424 or by email at jen.cucurullo@mnsu.edu.

The Richard R. and Mary L. Schmitz Endowment for Opportunities in Food Entrepreneurship, which was founded in 1999, creates scholarships and supports the annual Richard Schmitz Food Entrepreneurship Series. This includes executives within a broad range of food processing, retailing and wholesaling industries.

This lecture provides an opportunity for Minnesota State Mankato’s College of Business to engage the growing sector of agri-business with students, alumni and friends in a format that educates the community about growing needs in the agriculture world.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 14,482 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 30 colleges and seven universities.