Complex sentence: Mays earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Andrews University in Michigan (1975) and taught elementary school in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia before graduating with a Master of Education degree from Concordia University in Montreal (1984).
Split into simpler sentences: Mays earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Andrews University in Michigan (1975). He taught elementary school in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia before graduating with a Master of Education degree from Concordia University in Montreal (1984).