Complex sentence: After the war, Swofford attended the American River College, a community college in Sacramento, received a Bachelor's degree in English from UC Davis, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Split into simpler sentences: After the war, Swofford attended the American River College, a community college in Sacramento. Later, he received a Bachelor's degree in English from UC Davis and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.