Complex sentence: Following graduation, she "continued her studies at the Monroe Conservatory (now Emerson College of Oratory)" graduating in 1885, and then took a two year post-graduate course at the college and assisted teaching courses.
Split into simpler sentences: Following graduation, she "continued her studies at the Monroe Conservatory (now Emerson College of Oratory)" graduating in 1885. She then took a two year post-graduate course at the college and assisted teaching courses.