Lawrence "Sully" Ross conceived the idea for the Virgil Project in 2000. At that time, he was a junior Anthropology major and veteran UWC consultant at UT-Austin. Sully wanted to extend the consulting services of the UWC in order to reach those who couldn't visit the center in person. His design for the Virgil Project ad two goals: (1) to mimic the question-and-answer style of a good consultation, which focuses on the process of writing; (2) to make students feel that they are getting good advice from peers, not forboding figures of authority.

Virgil would like to thank Rosa Eberly, Sue Mendelsohn, Lynda Nuss, Kristin Hoerl, and Jane Barnette for their help with getting the project off the ground, and Alyssa Harad for past project coordination and promotion. We would also like to thank Alison Perry, Rebecca Wilcox, Todd Onderdonk, Alanna Bitzel, Melissa Miller, Zach Floca, Tiphany Orticke, and Jeff Tabares for working on the project.

Past directors have been Sully Ross, Sue Mendelsohn, Lynda Nuss, Alyssa Harad, and Shawn Rice.

The Virgil Project was designed, written and edited by the crew of UT undergraduates mentioned below:

	Nathan Baran is a 2003 graduate of UT-Austin. He holds a degree in English. He is Virgil's illustrator.
	Shawn Rice graduated with degrees in Philosophy and Humanities from UT-Austin. He is a past webmaster and director of the project.
	Stephen Robinson graduated as a Plan II major at UT-Austin.
	Sully Ross is a third year graduate student in Speech and Communication at Penn State University.
	Katie Rush graduated as a Plan II/English major at UT-Austin.
	Lauren Schultz is a fifth year Plan II/English Honors major at UT-Austin. She is the current director of the Virgil Project.
	Joey Seiler graduated as an English major at UT-Austin.
	Laura Speck graduated as an English major at UT-Austin.