Complex sentence: In 1997, the College acquired the Saint Joseph College of Nursing, which had been first, a diploma nursing school founded in 1920, and since 1987, a baccalaureate institution that awarded the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1997, the College acquired the Saint Joseph College of Nursing. In 1987, it became a baccalaureate institution that awarded the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.