Complex sentence: The institution officially became know as Gardner-Webb University in January 1993, culminating years of preparation, and by the early 2000s the school had more than 3,200 students and 135 faculty members.
Split into simpler sentences: The institution officially became know as Gardner-Webb University in January 1993, culminating years of preparation. By the early 2000s the school had more than 3,200 students and 135 faculty members.