About

In 2008, UCF was honored with a significant gift from the Morgridge Family Foundation to establish the Morgridge International Reading Center as part of the university's College of Community Innovation and Education. The gift, made by John and Carrie Morgridge and the Morgridge Family Foundation, supported construction of the facility and the establishment of a professional learning environment that is home to a collective international effort to enhance literacy acquisition and instruction.

The Morgridge International Reading Center is responsible for coordinating national and global efforts to enhance literacy acquisition and instruction. Our main goal is to advance literacy through communication, collaboration, learning and research. To accomplish this, we facilitate collaboration among authors, practitioners and research scholars, all of which leads to the implementation of action-based programs formulated on evidence-based research with one overarching mission — teaching all students to read well.

Our Goals

The Morgridge International Reading Center:

  • Provides an open forum for the exchange of experiences and ideas at all educational levels.
  • Facilitates professional learning opportunities.
  • Participates and encourages participation in international projects that focus on disciplinary literacy acquisition and instruction.
  • Investigates the adaptive challenges of technology in disciplinary literacy acquisition and instruction.
  • Assists in using emerging technology in disciplinary literacy acquisition and instruction.

The Morgridge International Reading Center’s goals undergird all efforts to bring people and ideas together while learning, researching, communicating and collaborating in the name of literacy.

Facilities and Location

The Morgridge International Reading Center (MIRC) is designed for professional learning opportunities and events. Space can be requested for meetings, events, conferences, and video interactions and collaborations. We welcome educators, organizations and communities to host disciplinary literacy-related events at the center. Please note that the MIRC is not designed as a classroom building.

The Morgridge International Research Center is located on the main campus.

Our address is:
University of Central Florida
Morgridge International Reading Center, Bldg. 122
4143 Andromeda Loop
Orlando, FL 32816

Parking in Parking Garage A behind the Morgridge Center or Lot B5.