Complex sentence: Kilroy paid her way through college, at hospitals, as a waitress and as a counselor, earning her bachelor's degree in political science from Cleveland State University in 1977 and her J.D. from The Ohio State University in 1980.
Split into simpler sentences: Kilroy paid her way through college by working at hospitals, as a waitress and as a counselor. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Cleveland State University in 1977 and her J.D. from The Ohio State University in 1980.