Jones is from Fort Myers, Fla. Kinfay Moroti, news-press.com

TeNiya Jones, 19, a 2017 Dunbar High School graduate and University of Kentucky sophomore, was in a seven-week exchange program in Jordan when friends decided to take a weekend trip to Israel before returning to the U.S. next Friday. The University of Kentucky says a student studying abroad went missing while swimming with friends in the Mediterranean Sea.A statement from the school says 19-year-old TeNiya Elnora Jones of Fort Myers, Florida, was swimming with two other Kentucky students when they got caught in a strong current and were pulled out to sea. LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A student from the University of Kentucky who was studying abroad in the Middle East this summer is missing this weekend following a swimming accident in Tel Aviv, Israel. Jones, from Fort Myers, Fla., was one of four students who traveled to Tel Aviv by bus from Amman, Jordan, for the weekend. Jones had disappeared off a beach in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam after entering the water for a late-night swim with two friends and getting caught in a rip current in the Mediterranean. University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto said in the press release Jones had been apart of the group of seven students at the university and two from West Virginia University who traveled by bus from Amman, Jordan to Tel Aviv for the weekend. Associate Provost Sue Roberts, who heads the International Center at University of Kentucky is also traveling to Tel Aviv to meet with officials and the family.The other students in Tel Aviv are safe and arrangements are being made for them to return to Amman “as soon as possible,” according to University of Kentucky.The university said the families of all of the students involved have been made aware of what happened.The study-abroad program began in June and is scheduled to end this week.©2018 the Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.)Visit the Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) at www.kentucky.comDistributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Jones is from Ft. Myers, Fla., and a sophomore at University of Kentucky majoring in biology and Islamic studies.She traveled to the region as part of a study-abroad program focused on the Arabic language, according to the University of Kentucky.
TeNiya Elnora Jones, a University of Kentucky student studying abroad in the Middle East, is reported missing after a swimming accident over the weekend in Tel Aviv, Israel.