Blackwood Department of Real Estate

Internship Spotlight!

Ella Chitty will be starter an internship with Branch Construction as a Commercial Construction intern this summer!

Honoring all who served our country everyday, but especially today.

Happy Memorial Day! 🇺🇸

ɢʀᴀᴅ ꜱᴘᴏᴛʟɪɢʜᴛ 🔦

Our first graduate that we are spotlighting is Copper Stepp! Copper served in various capacities in the Department, and will begin her career with Ryan Homes here in the NRV! Congrats, Copper!

More updates from Las Vegas!

Huge shutout to David Andrews and for dinner. Incredible service!

Pictured at the end is David Blackmon signing a waiver to try the ‘reaper’ level hot chicken and the subsequent reaction after eating it!

Checking in from Las Vegas! 📍

While the semester officially ended last week, Luka, David, Grace and Samara are representing the Department at 2026!

Sending a huge shutout and congratulations to our faculty members, Jonathan Everett and Sherwood Clements, on being recognized by Pamplin and earning awards for their efforts this year!

Jonathan Everett won the Excellence in Undergraduaye Teaching award 🏆
Sherwood Clements won the College Service and Citizenship award 🏆

Happy Reading Day! 📚

As the semester winds down, we wanted to share some of the headshots of the folks that help 'build' this Department on a day-to-day basis 😂

Can you guess who is who? Visit our webpage (realestate.vt.edu/about/people) to test your knowledge of the Department

We had an incredible first evening at our Industry Advisory Board meeting celebrating this year’s seniors and their academic achievements! The Department continues to grow in so many ways.

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 🏆

Congratulations to assistant professor, Xue Xiao, for earning the 2025 Manuscript Prize for Sustainable Real Estate from the American Real Estate Society!

Xue’s research explores how tenant exposure to climate transition risk affects the commercial real estate leasing market, and particularly how landlords perceive and price based off this risk. To read more about the award, and Xue’s research, click the link in our bio!

The surge in single-family home rentals from the 2009 Great Recession yielded higher educational outcomes for kids of all ages, Virginia Tech research shows. 🏡

🔗: https://brnw.ch/21x0YAV